Target coordinates and JWST pointing can be verified by viewing the coordinate position superimposed onto digital sky data.

See also:  A static walkthrough example, and also a video help example: Making APT Target Confirmation Charts.

Target Confirmation charts are a functionality within APT that provides users with a convenient way to verify that their target coordinates are going to position the telescope in the expected place. This functionality works exactly the same between the HST and JWST branches of APT. For each fixed target, a target confirmation chart appears in a separate pop-up window from within APT. If you have entered proper motion information into the APT Targets GUI for a target, this gets applied to the position shown on the PDF chart. If desired, they can be saved as PDF files into your local directory space for future reference. Figure 1 shows an example.

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An example target confirmation chart

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