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  • James Webb Space Telescope snaps first images - a star and a selfie

    From Internetado@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 14 14:38:41 2022
    The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first images of space.
    What looks like a smeared starfield is actually the same star snapped
    18 times, as the mirror segments try to align themselves to focus on
    the star. The craft also took a selfie of its mirrors to help align
    them.
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    Category: Space, Science
    Tags: James Webb Space Telescope, JWST, Astronomy, NASA, Image, Images,
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    https://newatlas.com/space/james-webb-space-telescope-first-images/

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