@sonhouse saidI would suggest not using the word 'puppet'. If Webby finds out, he might become less than cooperative or even angry.
@wildgrass
You mean anthropomorphizing it? Make it into the newest Puppet?
@liljo saidYes, that's a good website.
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.
I only wish they had a real-time video link so that we could continuously keep an eye on Webby from at least 2 different angles.
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@bunnyknight saidYou... really don't understand how far away this thing is, do you?
Yes, that's a good website.
I only wish they had a real-time video link so that we could continuously keep an eye on Webby from at least 2 different angles.
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@shallow-blue saidI get the feeling B-Knight understands very fully. He (or she) is just having some fun, that's all.
You... really don't understand how far away this thing is, do you?
At any rate, they have recently added five more points of instrument temp readings. The Webb is cooling right on schedule, and being controlled in its cooldown by "carefully placed" electric strips.
@shallow-blue saidLet's see... according to professor Elmer Shmogarpuff it's 729 light years away which would make the video delay about 729 years, and thus unpractical. But I think it's much less than 729 light years away and the professor is wrong.
You... really don't understand how far away this thing is, do you?
@sonhouse saidmaybe wasn't worded well. I meant the idea of a telescope feeling lonely.
@wildgrass
You mean anthropomorphizing it? Make it into the newest Puppet?
@bunnyknight saidTHe light now reaching us from things that are that far away was released when the Mongols controlled most of the world.
Let's see... according to professor Elmer Shmogarpuff it's 729 light years away which would make the video delay about 729 years, and thus unpractical. But I think it's much less than 729 light years away and the professor is wrong.
@wildgrass
And that is RECENT history, astronomy peers into deep past time.
Now they see stuff around 12 BILLION light years away.
Close to the edge of visible light.
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Right now, it appears the Webb only has a little ways to go to reach full operational temperature. The next steps to full operation are summed up in this, from NASA:
"Ongoing cooldown and eventual instrument turn-on, testing and calibration occur. Telescope mirror alignment and calibration also begin as temperatures fall within range and instruments are enabled."
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@Ponderable
Admittedly, I went to the site you mentioned quickly, then hurriedly read the latest blog dated Feb 10...Where do you get the info to see "first images"? I figured the first images to be made public were still a few, to maybe several, months away...
However: Upon further investigation, I found THIS site!
https://www.space.com/[WORD TOO LONG].
@liljo saidI was just wondering when we were going to see a picture or two...
Well, it has imaged it's first star. Each of the 18 mirror segments imaged it. They will use that to align with so there will be one image of the star soon!
The alignment process is expected to take 3 months.
3 months? 🤷