Updates James Webb Space Telescope updates

[clipper]

Seems like they got a photo of a exoplanet... as soon as the video buffers

And I thought yesterday's broadcast was a shitstorm

 

[GLS]

Oh, not an image of the planet but a spectrum of the atmosphere... still impressive!
Lot's of water... Miller's planet?

 

[Ripley]

Pretty much, yeah - along with struts for the secondary mirror (though to a much lesser degree)

Here's an official infographic explaining the diffraction spike pattern on JWST: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G6933BG2JKATWE1MGT1TCPJ9.png

The perfect explanation. Thanks.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546868499112411137

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546868633963532291

 

[GLS]

HOLY COW THAT PRETTY!!!!

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546871943856529410

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546871951897001986

 

[clipper]

uncompressed full-res: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G79R51118N21AAZ9MZ8XWWQ6.png
(MIRI) https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G786E1PW9RMK51EP0DZSM03B.png

 

[GLS]

I feel sorry for the people who make "astronomical visuals" for movies and TV shows... the bar just went up big time.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546874376351612930

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546874576608665600

 

[clipper]

180MB+ of an uncompressed chonker ? https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G7DB1FHPMJCCY59CQGZC1YJQ.png

 

[clipper]

Absolute favorite so far: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G7ETPF7DVBJAC42JR5N6EQRH.png

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546877197583060993

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546877217707331585

 

[GLS]

uncompressed full-res: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G79R51118N21AAZ9MZ8XWWQ6.png
(MIRI) https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G786E1PW9RMK51EP0DZSM03B.png

I'm still drooling over this one... ?

 

[N_Molson]

I'm still drooling over this one... ?

In 10 years we'll have a full Webb skybox in Orbiter 2032, you'll need liquid nitrogen cooling to load the 50 Tb texture in one second ?

The Universe in 3D would be even better, but that's planned for Orbiter 2042

 

[Marg]

I am waiting for next images, interesting is there any schedule? I am mostly interested in extrasolar planets, their direct imaging, something like Beta Pictoris system.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1547686542189047808

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1547686605363638273

 

[MaxBuzz]

James Webb is irreversibly damaged by a meteorite impact and will continue to encounter a meteorite every month.

 

[N_Molson]

James Webb is irreversibly damaged by a meteorite impact and will continue to encounter a meteorite every month.

Nothing and no one is eternal. Webb has a service life like any satellite or space probe and in a decade or two will likely become another piece of space junk, yes, but until then it works as expected and will collect a huge lot of extremely valuable data.

 

[MaxBuzz]

Nothing and no one is eternal. Webb has a service life like any satellite or space probe and in a decade or two will likely become another piece of space junk, yes, but until then it works as expected and will collect a huge lot of extremely valuable data.

if the Europeans complete their Extremely Large Telescope on time, then this may happen earlier
while it is a very important telescope

 

[richfororbit]

So how far can the telescope see? Can it see the surface of the moon, much clearer.