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Best Practices for Accessing, Viewing, and Editing James Webb Space Telescope Imagery: A Comprehensive Review
Abstract: This literature review comprehensively synthesizes the evolving best practices for the full lifecycle of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) imagery, from initial data retrieval to final public-facing aesthetic processing. The primary research themes cover Data Access and Archival, Scientific Calibration and Processing, and Aesthetic Visualization and Presentation. The review establishes that the cornerstone of…
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The 9:1 Battle for Time: The Operational Framework and the Dual-Anonymous System that Selects the Universe’s Next Great Discoveries
Summary, Step-by-Step Guide to JWST Proposal Success, and Comprehensive Proposal Checklist The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed with multiple, complementary access policies—primarily the General Observer (GO) program (open competition), the Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) (rewarding instrument developers with about 16% of the first three cycles), and Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) (reserved for time-critical…