The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe

Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by jordanpg on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @06:19PM (#29491875)

Will JWST send back pictures comparable (presumably better?) to the ones Hubble takes?

Those famous Hubble pictures are the defining images of a generation of scientists and dreamers. Are we about to get an update of those?

Or is this mission about the data?

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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by gadnuk on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @06:38PM (#29492043)

Yes, JWST will send back pictures. But since JWST operates in infrared as compared to Hubble (mostly optical and ultraviolet wavelengths), the pictures would look different.

Here is a comparison of what pics look like in visible vs infrared (both taken by Hubble, since it has some infrared capability):

https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/comparisonWebbVsHubb...

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/james-webb-space-telesc...

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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by s0ulphire on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @08:32PM (#29492777)

John Mather goes into detail on this in the "Making data beautiful" podcast episode, check it out here https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2009/06/18/pod...

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