From RS Wood@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 14 03:17:00 2022
From the «and it's a selfie» department:
Feed: New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
Title: James Webb Space Telescope snaps first images – a star and a selfie Author: Michael Irving
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:38:27 -0500
Link: https://newatlas.com/space/james-webb-space-telescope-first-images/
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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[3], Science[4]
Tags:James Webb Space Telescope[5], JWST[6], Astronomy[7], NASA[8], Image[9], Images[10]
