James Webb Telescope (JWST) arrived on the 24th of January at it's destination, an orbit around the Lagrange L2 point at about 1.5 MKm from Earth. Below, a 60 minutes time-lapse made from 60 images of 60 seconds each taken today. JWST can be easily identified as the moving point against the background stars. Apparent magnitude about 16.5, it will change depending on the sunshade orientation towards to the observer.
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