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    The James Webb Space Telescope

    Test image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), successor to the Hubble. The star, TYC-4212-1079-1, a.k.a. 2MASS J17554042+6551277, is located about 2,000 light years away in the constellation Draco. Galaxies can be seen in the background.

    I've included a map of the sky showing the star's location, if anyone is interested.

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    Newly released image comparing the Spitzer and JWST. The region shown is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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      #3
      The S in JWST is kind of redundant isnt it?


      The picture above is why i havent bothered too much with looking into the JWT
      The improvement in resolution is not terribly exciting at all

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      • tumbling.dice
        #3.1
        tumbling.dice commented
        05-10-2022, 12:31 AM
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        Really? What qualities do you look for in a telescopic image then?
      #4
      Ain't nothing to see out there but stars 'n' galaxies. I bet there will be a ton of beautiful images of such, however.

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        #5
        Originally posted by Vanilla Gorilla View Post
        The S in JWST is kind of redundant isnt it?
        why? people can use a telescope for things other than space. i think they're well known for spying on neighbors too.

        anyway, JWT is already taken by json web tokens. although i suppose you could also argue that the W is kind of unnecessary there.

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          #6
          Launch Countdown Webb/NASA
          https://www.jwst.nasa.gov
          Countdown to the release NASA's Webb Space Telescope 1st first full-color images and spectroscopic data. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.

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            #7
            First picture released! Galaxies everywhere!

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              #8
              Wow!

              There is even some Gravitational Lensing, Really Cool
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                #9
                Not a real photo

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                  #10
                  Jk these are incredible!

                  And by "these" I mean the images I downloaded that I now am unable to upload because the file extension isn't valid

                  Too lazy to fix so youll just have to look up cool space nonphotos yourselves!

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                    #11
                    okay yay it works.
                    prrrreettyyy cool

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                      #12
                      and meanwhile we're worried about all this :gestures vaguely: stupid human constructed bullshit
                      silly of us, isn't it?

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                        #13
                        Originally posted by tumbling.dice View Post
                        Test image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), successor to the Hubble. The star, TYC-4212-1079-1, a.k.a. 2MASS J17554042+6551277, is located about 2,000 light years away in the constellation Draco. Galaxies can be seen in the background.

                        I've included a map of the sky showing the star's location, if anyone is interested.


                        Click image for larger version Name: Draco.png Views: 124 Size: 63.9 KB ID: 221625
                        It looks like a page from the schematics of the Death Star.

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                          #14
                          Originally posted by Meliai View Post
                          and meanwhile we're worried about all this :gestures vaguely: stupid human constructed bullshit
                          silly of us, isn't it?
                          In just that one photo we conceivably could be gazing at thousands, or millions, of civilizations. It's a relief realizing that nothing I'll ever do really matters, lol.
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                          • Meliai
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                            Meliai commented
                            07-13-2022, 01:07 PM
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                            It does take a bit of a weight off doesn't it
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                          • tumbling.dice
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                            tumbling.dice commented
                            07-16-2022, 03:30 AM
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                            I love that painting!
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