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James Webb Space Telescope
bknight:
--- Quote from: molesworth on January 24, 2022, 04:51:29 PM ---JWST is now in its L2 orbit, and getting ready to start work.
James Webb telescope parked in observing position
--- Quote ---Thirty days after it was launched, the James Webb telescope has arrived at the position in space where it will observe the Universe.
The Lagrange Point 2, as it's known, is a million miles (1.5 million km) from Earth on its nightside.
Webb was finally nudged into an orbit around this location thanks to a short, five-minute thruster burn.
Controllers back on Earth will now spend the coming months tuning the telescope to get it ready for science.
Key tasks include switching on the observatory's four instruments, and also focusing its mirrors - in particular, its 6.5m-wide segmented primary reflector.
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There's still a lot of adjustment and checking to do, but it won't be too long before we start to see some amazing images.
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Looking better with each milestone passed.
raven:
The mirrors, antenna and sun shade all have deployed successfully. I wouldn't say we're home free, but this is looking more and more hopeful all the time.
bknight:
The first image from the telescope.
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-first-target-star
Peter B:
And now JWST appears in a game:
https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/game.html
(Which is actually about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.)
My top score so far is 577...
ETA: 667...
Jeff Raven:
I definitely lack any expertise or training in a relevant area to critique or evaluate the images released yesterday, but they seem amazing, and I can only imagine just how much new information the raw data is going to provide. Showing the contrast between JWST's and Hubble's images of the same areas of the sky was very smart on their part. The average person has no idea what a lot of the technical specs and jargon mean, but when they see things side by side, it makes it much clearer. (no pun intended)
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