First James Webb Images: Gaze at the Cosmic Areola

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Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

NASA�s poo poo always lasts way longer than planned, I bet this thing is still operational after 10 years somehow, which will be cool

# ¿ Dec 25, 2021 13:58

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 09:24

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

goochtit posted:

https://www.webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html
4.30% of the way there and counting

Was coming here to post this link, super cool!

# ¿ Dec 25, 2021 17:25

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

Pretty sure all the probes they�ve sent out have lasted longer than planned. The mars rovers, Hubble itself. They definitely seem to get the most bang for the buck

# ¿ Dec 25, 2021 21:44

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

Demon Of The Fall posted:

NASA�s poo poo always lasts way longer than planned, I bet this thing is still operational after 10 years somehow, which will be cool

https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1476194840018890756?s=20

hey I kinda called it, which is awesome news. still a month left and a bunch of poo poo can still go wrong, but good news here

# ¿ Dec 29, 2021 16:44

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

so this thing might actually work. a few days ago it stretched out its huge 5-layer sunshield without a hitch, and just this morning completed moving all the segmented mirror parts into place. I think the majority of the hard parts are over.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2022 16:38

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1479880178021060609?s=20

It really is a scientific marvel what they were able to pull off with this thing

# ¿ Jan 9, 2022 22:38

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

So this thing is still going and has all its mirrors aligned. Still a few months until it starts actual sciency stuff, but look at the clarity of this poo poo! We�re gonna see all the aliens.

https://twitter.com/AndrasGaspar/status/1520184730985148418?s=20&t=xMO79fHp4ZHniBF5Cbcgfg

edit: MORE UPDATES

https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1520096771476701184?s=20&t=MpCNIdfwwPcI-RyLgTbPkQ

Demon Of The Fall fucked around with this message at 17:49 on May 2, 2022

# ¿ May 2, 2022 17:42

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

It�ll also have a picture of the alien bong smoke around an exoplanet

# ¿ Jun 30, 2022 02:30

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

5 days until NASA reveals the first images from Webb, and they are having a live broadcast which should be fun. They also released a test image that casually is the deepest view of the universe we've probably seen. I can't wait to see what this baby can really do.

https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1545035473051172866?s=20&t=Qo5wO3qXauuj_WacRhswSg

https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1544779918554406916?s=20&t=Qo5wO3qXauuj_WacRhswSg

# ¿ Jul 7, 2022 15:44

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

I think the Webb is designed to be able to see 100 million years after the big bang, so that is pretty close

Also at some point today they will be releasing the 10? or so targets for the first images, and some of the people working on the thing have already been quoted that the images they've seen have "moved them to tears"

# ¿ Jul 8, 2022 15:12

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1545413807996129280?s=20&t=5_9fpKZga7TW9AazHV71Bg

Carina Nebula. The Carina Nebula is one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky, located approximately 7,600 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina. Nebulae are stellar nurseries where stars form. The Carina Nebula is home to many massive stars, several times larger than the Sun.

WASP-96 b (spectrum). WASP-96 b is a giant planet outside our solar system, composed mainly of gas. The planet, located nearly 1,150 light-years from Earth, orbits its star every 3.4 days. It has about half the mass of Jupiter, and its discovery was announced in 2014.

Southern Ring Nebula. The Southern Ring, or �Eight-Burst� nebula, is a planetary nebula � an expanding cloud of gas, surrounding a dying star. It is nearly half a light-year in diameter and is located approximately 2,000 light years away from Earth.

Stephan�s Quintet: About 290 million light-years away, Stephan�s Quintet is located in the constellation Pegasus. It is notable for being the first compact galaxy group ever discovered in 1877. Four of the five galaxies within the quintet are locked in a cosmic dance of repeated close encounters.

SMACS 0723: Massive foreground galaxy clusters magnify and distort the light of objects behind them, permitting a deep field view into both the extremely distant and intrinsically faint galaxy populations.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2022 16:52