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Webb Telescope Brings a Star Into Focus as It Completes ‘Image Stacking’ Alignment Phase
The Webb telescope has completed the third stage in aligning its mirrors, a crucial process for getting state-of-the-art imagery out of this $US10 ($14) billion space telescope. The feat comes right on time as the telescope heads into the second month of its three-month alignment period.
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Webb Space Telescope Successfully Sees Its First Glimmer of Light
A major milestone has been achieved in the deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope, with an onboard instrument detecting its first photons from a distant star. This means engineers can now begin the three-month process of aligning the space telescope’s 18 mirrors.