James Webb Space Telescope (2 Viewers)

[bonnjer]

And to think, all of the images we're getting right now are the "test" images that they're using to get things fully dialed in.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope imaged Jupiter's rings and moons, in white-hot infrared

NASA's new Webb telescope is powerful enough to capture galaxies 13 billion light-years away, and sensitive enough to spot Jupiter's thin rings.

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[Scorpius the Allfather]

 

[Tapxe]

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

I went to Oklahoma for Katrina and man was the night sky so much different. It was awesome seeing so many more stars than I normally would.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Soooo...Will they turn the JWST towards Alpha Centauri??? I'm interested in seeing if those planets in that system will be visible to that telescope!!!

 

[bonnjer]

Soooo...Will they turn the JWST towards Alpha Centauri??? I'm interested in seeing if those planets in that system will be visible to that telescope!!!

Looks like that's one of the first things they're going after:

The Webb is uniquely able to find potentially habitable worlds — here's why

NASA astrophysicist Knicole Colón sat down with Inverse to explain how the Webb will start its first year of science looking at 70 exoplanets and how it may discover more.

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[DJ1BigTymer]

Looks like that's one of the first things they're going after:

The Webb is uniquely able to find potentially habitable worlds — here's why

NASA astrophysicist Knicole Colón sat down with Inverse to explain how the Webb will start its first year of science looking at 70 exoplanets and how it may discover more.

www.inverse.com

Before I start, I want to let everyone know that I am not high or drunk!!!

I got bored so I started looking at some of the pics released this week and then I made Stephan's Quintet my wallpaper. While staring at it, I got amazed at the light from the further out stars(???) and it sent my mind racing. I mean, this is a photo of FIVE GALAXIES!!! What could JWST see in our own galaxy?

 

[BigFrosty]

What could JWST see in our own galaxy?

Here's some pictures it took of Jupiter.

 

[bonnjer]

The James Webb Space Telescope is capturing the universe on a 68GB SSD

With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) now powered up and snapping some spectacular images, you may wonder exactly how it's storing them.

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[DaveXA]

The James Webb Space Telescope is capturing the universe on a 68GB SSD

With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) now powered up and snapping some spectacular images, you may wonder exactly how it's storing them.

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68GB doesn't really sound like much.

 

[buzd]

68GB doesn't really sound like much.

I took a 256GB card and shot 1500 pictures with raw mode enabled (25-30MB/photo) and filled just over half of it.

 

[DaveXA]

I took a 256GB card and shot 1500 pictures with raw mode enabled (25-30MB/photo) and filled just over half of it.

Yeah, interesting.

 

[bonnjer]

68GB doesn't really sound like much.

It's not, but seems like it's plenty for the way they're sending the data back each day. Before I read the article, I thought there was no one that 68 GB was enough.

 

[Sailorsaint]

68GB doesn't really sound like much.

JWST cost almost $10 Billion and they cut corners on the hard drive? Seriously?