telescopes
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India’s Liquid Mirror Telescope Is Ready for Its Close-up
High in the Himalayas, a new telescope is set to observe the night sky. The contraption has a 4-metre (3.96 m) lens, but here’s the kicker: it’s made of liquid mercury, a material seldom used for astronomical imaging.
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Webb Space Telescope’s First Full-Colour Images Are Just Weeks Away
Long before Webb even launched from French Guiana, we’ve been waiting for this moment: the first full-colour images from this cutting-edge space telescope. NASA announced yesterday that those pictures will be available on July 12, along with some spectroscopic data.
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A Fully Aligned Webb Space Telescope Sees a Field of Stars
The Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to being fully operational: It is now fully aligned and calibrating its suite of four instruments to collect data on our universe. NASA announced the new milestone in a blog post yesterday.
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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.