From now on, it is possible to see what the Webb and Hubble telescopes currently study

There are regular news stories about one or another discovery made by the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes, but they are all based on observations made about a year ago or earlier. From now on, it is possible to find out what they are studying at the moment, for which you just need to visit the corresponding website created by NASA, where you can already choose which telescope targets you want to watch.

Back in 2016, at the agency's request, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore developed an app that allowed scientists around the world to see previous and next Hubble targets. After the launch of the Webb telescope, this instrument was also made available through the NASA Space Telescope Live platform. Gradually, the interface was developed and improved so that the average user could understand it. Even now, NASA is gathering feedback on the app and promises to make it even better and more accessible.

However, live data from both telescopes is not available on this site because it must be processed before being made available in published documents and NASA archives, including the Space Telescope Live page, where past and planned viewing targets can be seen.

The home pages for each of these two telescopes show the area of the sky where the telescope is pointing at a given second, its field of view, the type of equipment involved, and a description of the observing tasks. The sky image is based on the Aladin Sky Atlas and serves to illustrate the positioning of the telescope.

James Webb's data archive dates back to the first test images taken in January 2022, and Hubble's to May 1990.