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Full paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/10/aa44806-22/aa44806-22.html https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/10/aa44806-... Ori

Full paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/10/aa44806-22/aa44806-22.html https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/10/aa44806-... Original press release: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-10-11-james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-new-surprises-galaxy-organic-molecules-near-black https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-10-11-james-webb-space-telesc... JWST is just making all their data immediately available to all researchers who want to dig into it, which is an approach all other areas of science (particular government-financed medical-pharmaceutical research!) should adopt: > "The authors acknowledge the MIRI comissioning, ERO and ERS teams for developing their observing program with a zero–exclusive–access period. The authors are extremely grateful to the JWST helpdesk for their constant and enthusiastic support."

privong 4y ago
> JWST is just making all their data immediately available to all researchers who want to dig into it This is not generally true; it only applies to a narrow, specific class of programs. The "Early Release Observation" (observations chosen by the Space Telescope Science Institute) and "Early Release Science" observations (director's discretionary time awarded via a competitive proposal process a few years ago) do not have a proprietary period. However, the majority of the "General Observer" programs (these make up the majority of the time allocated on the telescope) have proprietary periods of up to 1 year. The proposers can request from a range of proprietary periods when they apply[0]. "Guaranteed Time Observations" (time awarded to the instrument teams) also have a proprietary period. [0] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jppom/jwst-proposal-level-information#JWSTProposalLevelInformation-ExclusiveAccessPeriodExclAccPeriod(formerlyknownasProprietaryPeriod) https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jppom/jwst-proposal-level-inform...

privong 4y ago

> JWST is just making all their data immediately available to all researchers who want to dig into it This is not generally true; it only applies to a narrow, specific class of programs. The "Early Release Observation" (observations chosen by the Space Telescope Science Institute) and "Early Release Science" observations (director's discretionary time awarded via a competitive proposal process a few years ago) do not have a proprietary period. However, the majority of the "General Observer" programs (these make up the majority of the time allocated on the telescope) have proprietary periods of up to 1 year. The proposers can request from a range of proprietary periods when they apply[0]. "Guaranteed Time Observations" (time awarded to the instrument teams) also have a proprietary period. [0] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jppom/jwst-proposal-level-information#JWSTProposalLevelInformation-ExclusiveAccessPeriodExclAccPeriod(formerlyknownasProprietaryPeriod) https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jppom/jwst-proposal-level-inform...