The image is from the webbtelescope.
Over the course of two weeks, a number of major deployment took place, but the primary mirror has been unfolded. The massive space telescope, which was decades in the making, needed all of those deployment to go perfectly.
The mirror panels on either side of the JWST will collect the light from the distant Universe. There are three hexagonal mirrors in each of them. The rightmost wing was unfurled one day after the leftmost wing was deployed. The array of 18 mirrors that make up the 21-foot-wide JWST has been completed.
Scientists designed the mirror in a way that allows it to fold, something that has never been done before, since the full-size mirror was too large to fit on a rocket. The precarious unfolding process began once the JWST reached space. The deployment of a sun shield is one of the most complex hurdles that the spacecraft has to overcome. Scientists will have to calibrate their instruments and toy with the mirrors a bit more to make sure they are aligned as the final form of the JWST is now in place.
The final destination of the JWST will be in deep space. We will have to wait until summer to get some images from the JWST, but it will be worth it.
