Tuesday, May 10, 2022

OK, Webb is Up & Working


Still a few commissioning details ahead, but here's an image comparison with the Spitzer IR space telescope:

Just by uninformed inspection, the Webb image on the right is spectacular.

More details over at space.com   So many moving parts, so many ways to go wrong, and in the end... the damn thing works.  Just amazing.  Not half as amazing as what we're all going to get to see in the coming years, however!

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