JWST User Documentation Homepage
This website holds a comprehensive collection of documentation (known as JDox) on the JWST spacecraft and instruments, proposal preparation, observation planning, data analysis, and other topics. The icons in black below provide access points sorted by JDox topic; icons in red link to a listing of key JWST resources outside of JDox.
Introductions & Key Links
Proposing
Instruments
Observing & Data
Resources outside JDox
There exists also a Table of Contents for all JDox pages. Individual Table of Contents pages for specific sections of JDox can be accessed by clicking the black horizontal header bars in the sidebar.
The following provides a listing of key JWST resources outside of JDox:
Help Resources
- If you have questions, please reach out to the JWST Help Desk (buttons also in the header and footer bars of each page).
- Webb Office Hours are a twice/month opportunity to get answers from experts.
- The JWebbinar Series has videos and materials from expert-led training sessions covering topics from proposal preparation to data analysis
Collections
- The JWST Pocket Guide provides a top-level summary of the science instrument capabilities.
- The JWST for Scientists Website provides a key entry point for many available mission resources.
- The JWST Observer YouTube Channel provides instructional videos on a wide range of topics (navigate using JWST Video Tutorials).
- A large collection of Technical Reports provides in-depth analyses that substantiate and expand on much of the information provided in JDox.
Proposal Preparation
- The Listing of JWST Proposal Resources that is published each cycle is a great entry point for proposers.
- The JWST Proposal Parameters site provides reference documentation for each "field" (parameter) in the Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT).
- The JWST Duplicate Observation Search Tool in MAST enables comparison of proposed observations against scheduled and completed observations.
Data
- The Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) hosts the data from JWST and many other missions.
- Curated Pipeline Notebooks demonstrate how to rerun the calibration pipeline.
- Many details of the JWST pipeline are discussed in Read the Docs pages.
- The Data Analysis Toolbox links to a variety of tools for data analysis and interpretation.
- A collection of Community-developed Tools augments STScI-provided functionalities in various specialized areas.
