JWST Focusing / Collimation Operation Complete Success
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JWST Focusing / Collimation Operation Complete Success
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center announced that NASA's Webb telescope is now in full focus and ready for instrument commissioning.
The light being delivered to each Instrument is Diffraction-Limited. This is a result besting the Team's "Optimistic Goals".
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-nasa-webb ... focus.html
The light being delivered to each Instrument is Diffraction-Limited. This is a result besting the Team's "Optimistic Goals".
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-nasa-webb ... focus.html
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Re: JWST Focusing / Collimation Operation Complete Success
Go, Webb, go!
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Local Club: New Hampshire Astronomical Society
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