Re:James Webb is fully deployed
by idealmedtech on Sunday January 09, 2022 @03:30PM
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I did a little math of my own, and found that while the ratio of these distances is on the order of 10^15, the ratio of the sizes of these objects is on the order of 10^19.
In other words, Webb is only one TEN THOUSANDTH the apparent size of a galaxy that's a _billion light years away_
In other words, Webb is only one TEN THOUSANDTH the apparent size of a galaxy that's a _billion light years away_
That's just mind numbing to consider!