Anyone following this? Should be pretty interesting what is discovered that was previously unknown.
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James Webb Telescope
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Yes, I am. always been intrigued with space exploration. can't wait for the images!
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I was reading about how sensitive it was to stray light photons. For example, if you lit up a 5 watt bulb on the moon, it would be twenty times brighter that what this telescope can pick up.
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if they do find something interesting, they will probably send United States Colonial Marines to check it out, could be a bug hunt.
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I saw an article on our TV news a few days ago....but couldn't hear anything for all the people yapping.
Keen to see what images are thrown up.
for 10 billion it better work
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LOL... Its not their money they spent...
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I watched a show on how the heat shield was developed ( the size of a tennis court) and how all of the hundreds of small servo motors deploy it after it goes into orbit. It requires 0 failures to work properly or the telescope will be damaged by solar exposure. Amazing stuff.
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I doubt that they'll be showing us spectacular images of nebula cloaked stars or brilliant galaxies. Most of the sensors on this telescope are calibrated to receive near and mid infrared frequencies. They hope to be looking past our own and nearby galaxies to delve as far into the past as they are able, watching for the formation of early stars and proto-galaxies.
Although it carries enough fuel to remain steerable and in the correct location for up to ten years, NASA is also looking at the possibility of developing a robotic re-supply ship to extend it's mission if possible. Orbiting at about a million miles away at the L2 point (much farther away than the moon) means that it can't be worked on by manned crews like the Hubble telescope was.
Although it carries enough fuel to remain steerable and in the correct location for up to ten years, NASA is also looking at the possibility of developing a robotic re-supply ship to extend it's mission if possible. Orbiting at about a million miles away at the L2 point (much farther away than the moon) means that it can't be worked on by manned crews like the Hubble telescope was.
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One of the early test images from the Webb telescope. Final alignment and tuning are about done, this is star 2MASS J17554042+6551277.
You can see multiple galaxies in the background.
You can see multiple galaxies in the background.
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That picture makes us look so small in the grand scheme of things.
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Sure does make you wonder how far space goes on for & if it does end, what's beyond it?
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I see my 10mm socket I lost in that last picture with the star.
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