Updates James Webb Space Telescope updates

[N_Molson]

Hubble made us feel very small. I think Webb will push that feeling even farther.

 

[GLS]

...and of course the politicians want some airtime

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546290906046816256

The main event:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546284653346230273

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546597678405955584

30 more minutes... not a lot after all there years

 

[clipper]

WH livestream is up:

 

[GLS]

bop-bop-bip
bop-bip-bip-bop
bop-bop-bip-bop-bip-bip-bap
?


Oh, the music is only on NASA TV

 

[clipper]

That music is nothing short of psychological warfare combined with this delay ?

 

[GLS]

That music is nothing short of psychological warfare combined with this delay ?

They probably are just developing the photo... it should be dry in a bit

 

[clipper]

Speaking of the photo, a bit of a (probable) spoiler from a few hours ago - some interesting stuff can be seen on that paper ?

https://flic.kr/p/2nxCFvn

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546616894421188608

 

[GLS]

Here we go!

 

[GLS]

Even the sound gave up under all this political crap...
PHOTOS. NOW!!!!

 

[GLS]

Gravitation lenses galore!

 

[GLS]

 

[N_Molson]

To get an idea of the FOV, this is like holding a single grain of sand at your arm lenght.

Nice gravitational lenses, looks like there's something very massive lurking in the center of the field !

 

[clipper]

Highest resolution for now: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/main_image_deep_field_smacs0723-5mb.jpg

Looks like uncompressed full-res is coming tomorrow along with the others.

EDIT: even higher-res .png here: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G7JJADTH90FR98AKKJFKSS0B.png

 

[GLS]

There's probably a real number somewhere, but a quick count points to well over 2000 galaxies in that photo!

 

[Ripley]

Highest resolution for now: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/main_image_deep_field_smacs0723-5mb.jpg

Looks like uncompressed full-res is coming tomorrow along with the others.

EDIT: even higher-res .png here: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G7JJADTH90FR98AKKJFKSS0B.png

As amazing as this is, I really hope they'll drastically reduce/remove those annoying 6-spikes starry refractions.
Or is it related to the hexagon shape of the single mirrors, thus unavoidable?

 

[clipper]

Or is it related to the hexagon shape of the single mirrors, thus unavoidable?

Pretty much, yeah - along with struts for the secondary mirror (though to a much lesser degree)

Here's an official infographic explaining the diffraction spike pattern on JWST: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G6933BG2JKATWE1MGT1TCPJ9.png

 

[GLS]

Seems like they got a photo of a exoplanet... as soon as the video buffers

 

[clipper]

Seems like they got a photo of a exoplanet... as soon as the video buffers

And I thought yesterday's broadcast was a shitstorm