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Hey, my job's on HN! I work on JWST (simulation software, among other stuff) and I think it's pretty cool too :)
by josePhoenix 12y ago
Hey, my job's on HN! I work on JWST (simulation software, among other stuff) and I think it's pretty cool too :)
- stargazer-3 12y agoAs an astronomer who works on infrared data every day, I am really grateful for everything you guys are doing. What kind of simulation software are you developing?
- josePhoenix 12y agoI'm working on WebbPSF, a tool to simulate PSFs for the Webb instruments. I'm also adapting it for WFIRST, a future mission. It's going to be kind of like TinyTim is for Hubble when it's done.
- IndianAstronaut 12y agoVery cool. How much data is going to be arriving from JWST daily? Is it going to be readily open to the public?
- privong 12y ago> Is it going to be readily open to the public? The scientific data will be available to the public, sometimes after a "proprietary" period (typically in the range 6–18 months) where the data is only accessible to the team who successfully proposed to obtain that data.
- josePhoenix 12y agoNot really my department! I do work at STScI, which operates the MAST archive that will eventually hold all this data, so I'm sure someone in my building knows.