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@wildgrass saidI bet we'll be getting preview "this is not our best yet but look at this" photos earlier than that. And I'm looking forward to them already.
Now hold 4 more months for the photos to start rolling in. I can't wait!
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They are undoubtedly going to do that as soon as they get any kind of rough focus.
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@sonhouse saidRemember the first results of Hubble? And how they were better than anything we'd ever seen? And how that was then shown to be not as good as they should've been, and some stupid luddites said that this proved that Hubble, and all astronomy, was useless and a waste of money? And how they repaired it? And the results after that?
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They are undoubtedly going to do that as soon as they get any kind of rough focus.
Remember Deep Field?
My God. So much better than we could ever have anticipated!
I can't even imagine what James Webb's equivalent of that will be, but I'm already looking forward to it.
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@jimm619 saidGreat article. Absolutely tremendous!
https://news.yahoo.com/5-amazing-facts-james-webb-184900485.html
On NASA TV, they had a publicity show after reaching L2. I don't remember the exact wording, but the lady said they are going to release absolutely mind-boggling images to the public before starting the pre-planned first year of actual focused scientific study.
Just think, every hour of every day for the first year of use is pre-planned! But, before that gets underway, they want to do this for the world--release something spectacular to look at.
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@wildgrass saidMe neither, Wildgrass! Going to be beyond what I could have dreamed before Hubble.
Now hold 4 more months for the photos to start rolling in. I can't wait!
Just seeing the earliest galaxy formations, and maybe unraveling the mystery of how supermassive black holes could have formed so early. I bet they discover new "species" or classifications of stars previously unknown.
And wait till they start really looking closely at exoplanets, such as the Trappist-1 system:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/335/10-things-all-about-trappist-1/
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We already see that wall, it's called the CBR, cosmic background radiation. That is as close as any optical scope will get.
To see further, you have to have specialized gravitational wave detectors that can go back before there were atoms, look at the original pea soup of the universe.
@bunnyknight saidSomeone could, and probably should, write a fan fiction novel about the telescope personified.
So how is Webby doing? Is it all chilled out yet? Has it self-tested all its circuits? Are its power cells warming up nicely? Is it sad and lonely, or happy and excited?
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https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html
For anyone interested in how the "Webby" is doing, here's the link. It is under controlled cooling, and will be for a good while yet.
PS: I ride Harley Davidson motorcycles. Several of my friends were in a garage on a rainy day, waiting for the rain to cease. One mentioned his bike had a name. The others joined in, and they had also named their bikes. Finally, one asked what I called mine (I was currently riding a very old model--over 30 years old) and I had never really thought about naming it. Quickly, however, and not to be outdone, I told them I called it "Start You Son of a _______"!