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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Alignment Complete โ€“ Capturing Crisp, Focused Images
NASA Goddard ^ | 28 April 2022 | Thaddeus Cesari

Posted on 04/29/2022 6:43:17 AM PDT by zeestephen

The optical performance of the telescope continues to be better than the engineering team's most optimistic predictions...Now, the Webb team will turn its attention to science instrument commissioning...This process will take about two months before scientific operations begin in the summer.

(Excerpt) Read more at scitechdaily.com ...


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1 posted on 04/29/2022 6:43:17 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

You should see the pics from the camera I just installed in the garage. Even when all the lights are out it’s pretty good. :>}


2 posted on 04/29/2022 6:47:12 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? ๐Ÿ˜•)
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To: zeestephen

BFL


3 posted on 04/29/2022 6:49:43 AM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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WOW! Look at all those worlds, floating around in a turbulent “sea” of constantly changing time, space, gravity and only God knows what all!


4 posted on 04/29/2022 6:52:35 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Saints are sinners who never gave up. --St. Theresa of Avila)
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To: zeestephen

and what am I looking at? they all look the same...black with whit/orange/redish looking dots...


5 posted on 04/29/2022 6:57:08 AM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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Youโ€™re looking at Webb photos of known, previously photographed areas of the universe. These and those earlier photos will be compared to verify and measure improved resolution.


6 posted on 04/29/2022 7:02:14 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: zeestephen
Webb started announcing major delays while I was working at the Sunnyvale facility in 2006.

Nice to see its finally working.

7 posted on 04/29/2022 7:20:51 AM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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As far as I know, everything they have tested so far is working at specification or higher.

I can remember when the repaired Hubble telescope knocked our socks off with some of its first perfectly focused false color images.

That was 1993 according to Wiki.


8 posted on 04/29/2022 7:39:17 AM PDT by zeestephen
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There is a great video in the Scietech article about the Webb instruments just published today. Here is the direct YouTube link...

James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Overview

9 posted on 04/29/2022 7:47:33 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Instead of criminalizing guns, we need to criminalize criminals.)
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I’m expecting some ‘jaw-dropping’ discoveries from this instrument.


10 posted on 04/29/2022 8:53:23 AM PDT by blam
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JWST uses an infrared camera. It won’t show in our normal eyed “color” spectrum.

However, the infrared picture will see things that go far beyond what we can see in normal light and give us data that can be manipulated/extrapolated into color pictures that should stun us.


11 posted on 04/29/2022 9:30:23 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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