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To: DungeonMaster
I hope the Webb telescope gets a chance to try the same thing.

Yes, the Webb will focus on the infarred and so be able to detect really distant galaxies. Galaxies so distant that their light has been redshifted from optical to infrarred.

The premier observatory of the next decade

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The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) will be a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. The telescope will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in 2021.

Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.

Webb was formerly known as the “Next Generation Space Telescope” (NGST); it was renamed in Sept. 2002 after a former NASA administrator, James Webb.

https://jwst.nasa.gov/about.html

18 posted on 01/24/2019 1:44:26 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL
"The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or
Webb) will be a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror.

The telescope will be launched on an
Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in 2021."

Launched on a Ariane 5 rocket? Why not on a US rocket?

23 posted on 01/24/2019 2:23:02 PM PST by StormEye
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To: ETL

I think I’m even more excited about the LSST.


38 posted on 01/25/2019 5:21:37 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Vote your bible.)
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