No, just a bunch of weather balloons.
James Webb Space Telescope launch is rescheduled again
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Well shucks… well there’s still the dysentery sphere
One of it's goals is exoplanets atmosphere composition observations.
Here's what Webb can do...
www.seti.org
Here's what Webb can do...
Could This New Telescope Help Us Find the Aliens?
Could This New Telescope Help Us Find the Aliens?
It’s been a well-worn gag for years among astronomers: The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch later this year. And always will be. Well, that joke is less potent now. Early on Christmas morning, this imposing instrument, with its signature gold-plated mirror, was successfully...
Freakn autospell, it sure does come up with good ones some timesWhat is this, the Oregon Trail?!
I'm guessing you meant Dyson sphere, yes?
Yeah, that was a good one. Our phones are not our friends - they conspire against us every day.
Thank god it was a X rated auto spell… I’ve done they once or twice too..
JediMichael
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Guy captures telescope when it was 620,000 miles away.
and the article.
Photographer Captures James Webb Space Telescope Traveling to Orbit
and the article.
Photographer Captures James Webb Space Telescope Traveling to Orbit
Amateurs can do some amazing stuff. That's why I wouldn't worry about the government keeping it a secret if something was going to hit the earth. They would find it.
JediMichael
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The Hollywood version is that the amateur finds it, but we only have about 8 minutes til impact.
Gimpdiggity
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It’s seeing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JediMichael
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I actually thought it had to fly to the orbit its in now, and then open up everything. But, I guess because there is no air in space, they were able to open ot while traveling so fast. NASA still takes their time with everything, but with the cost of this thing, probably a good idea to take it slow and make sure not to breakit yet.
Hopefully sooner than a year, but you never know.
JediMichael
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So we did get our first pics already...just not the ones we're all waiting for.
Nice little selfie.
And some stars....its when it can zoom in closer to just one of them.
Nice little selfie.
And some stars....its when it can zoom in closer to just one of them.
Everything as expected so far, mirrors are good. Those are all the same star, but one image from each mirror before alignment and focus.
Crazy how this works. But makes total sense
How long before the mirrors are aligned?
months I think, cool down is a long process in space for this telescope and they need to do it slowly and carefully planned steps, then all the calibration of the science equipment that captures the imagery and data. It's nice they are sharing the sausage making pictures but it's summer time until they start doing the science observations.
What is cool down? Where can I read more about this
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