PSI Blog 20220321 First infrared photo from the Webb Telescope
From New Scientist:
NASA/STScI
“CRYSTAL CLEAR
The latest pictures taken by the James Webb Space
Telescope (JWST) show that everything is working even better than expected, and
the telescope’s operators say that its performance will be able to meet or even
exceed the goals that were originally set for it. JWST peers into the cosmos
with the help of 18 gold-plated hexagonal mirrors. For it to work properly, all
of these mirrors have to be aligned with extraordinary precision – within nanometers
– so that they act as one.
The picture above shows a bright star called 2MASS
J17554042+6551277. If the alignment hadn’t been precise enough, there would be
multiple copies of the star in the image, but it shows that the mirrors are now
all working together to create a single image of a star flanked by distant
galaxies. It is the highest resolution infrared image ever taken from space. Read more”
[GB: There are a few more alignment steps before the
first science images can be taken in June or July. As mentioned at the link
above, cosmogonists hope to see the “dark energy” that they assume started the Big
Bang. Because dark energy is a calculation and neither exists nor occurs, that will be a good one! Instead, we predict they will see
more elderly galaxies in tune with Infinite Universe Theory.]
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment