As such, she had to digitally adjust some of the images to fix alignment issues when stacking them. Judy Schmidt, the citizen scientist that processed the images, said the planet is harder to work with than most other targets because of how fast it rotates. The fuzzy specks in the background are believed to be distant galaxies. In this shot, we can see Jupiter's rings, which are a million times fainter than the planet itself, as well as two of its moons: Amalthea and Adrastea. The wide-field view of Jupiter is arguably even more mesmerizing.
The Great Red Spot is mostly white because it is reflecting sunlight. Another filter mapped to greens and yellows highlights hazes swirling around the poles, while a third filter mapped to blues showcases light from a deeper main cloud. The auroras at the north and south poles of Jupiter are mapped to a reddish color. Infrared light is invisible to the human eye, so the light from the scope has been mapped onto the visible spectrum. The composite image of Jupiter seen above was captured using Webb's NIRCam with three different filters: F360M (red), F212N (yellow-green), and F150W2 (cyan). Those early samples were pretty interesting but not nearly as impressive as these fully processed images from a member of the citizen science community. TL DR: During the commissioning phase of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA pointed it at fellow solar system inhabitant Jupiter to help make sure all of the instruments were working as intended.
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