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The James Webb Space Telescope

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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:05 am

Have you heard of the new James Webb Space Telescope? I read about it in my astronomy magazine. It will launch in 2014 and then try to find the first galaxies. I can't wait!

Here is the NASA website: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

It has a 6.5 meter mirror, which is huge! Here is a picture of it:

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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:09 am

Here is a picture comparing it's primary mirror compared with the Hubble primary mirror: http://haysvillelibrary.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/james-webb-space-telescope-compared-with-hubble.jpg

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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:04 am

Holy s**t that mirror is huge I’ve heard about this telescope before but this gives me a better idea of what well be expecting. Thanks for posting this!

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:59 pm

Wow! that telescope is going to be huge!

Maybe they could also look for some exoplanets... With this size, I bet it could detect Earth-sized exoplanets! Or maybe even Mars-sized!

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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:49 am

Yeah, although it was designed to look back in time (trying to find the first galaxies) I read somewhere that we can expect some awesome images of some general astronomy objects too. biggrin I can't wait for the launch!

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