> The JWST has "17 different modes" (yeah, I wish I knew what that meant exactly) It's explained in the user documentation[1]. You did read the documentation r

> The JWST has "17 different modes" (yeah, I wish I knew what that meant exactly) It's explained in the user documentation[1]. You did read the documentation right? For example[2]: JWST Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has 5 observing modes: imaging, coronagraphy, grism wide field slitless spectroscopy, time-series imaging, and grism time series. With further details for each in subsections. [1]: https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/ https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/ [2]: https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera/nircam-observing-modes https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera/nircam...