Telescopes have been fundamental in our understanding of our place in the universe. And when you think about images that have shaped our modern view of space, you probably think about Hubble. But just this year, the JWST or James Web Space Telescope, was launch. JWST will go far beyond what Hubble has discovered. And did you know Python is used extensively in the whole data pipeline of JWST? We have two great guests here to tell us about it: Megan Sosey and Mike Swam.

Links from the show

James Web Space Telescope: webbtelescope.org

JWST at NASA: jwst.nasa.gov

JWST's YouTube channel: youtube.com

JWST Repo on GitHub: github.com/spacetelescope/jwst

STSci's AstroConda: ssb.stsci.edu/astroconda

Telescope pointing: github.com/spacetelescope/gwcs

Simulator: github.com/spacetelescope/webbpsf

STSci's Archive and Tools: archive.stsci.edu

htcondor: datasci.danforthcenter.org/htcondor

Silly faker: github.com/cube-drone/silly

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: roman.gsfc.nasa.gov

Myst Parser: myst-parser.readthedocs.io

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