James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet

Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by ck2 on Monday October 02, 2023 @12:32PM (#37740539)

Now I can't wait for European Extremely Large Telescope with several times the resolution (also the space Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope)

btw PBS Nova has an awesome episode on JWST, how hard it was to get built and how it almost didn't get built because massively over budget ($10 Billion!)

https://www.pbs.org/video/ultimate-space-telescope-gunryt/

This is kind of a "part 2" follow-up after it was launched and "first light"

https://www.pbs.org/video/new-eye-on-the-universe-zvzqn1/

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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by jamiek88 on Monday October 02, 2023 @03:40PM (#37743373)

Ooooh thanks for this! I always forget about Nova then like almost all of their programs, think I should watch more then promptly forget!

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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by dylan604 on Monday October 02, 2023 @10:11PM (#37747090)

I started watching the Nova episode. I didn't realize the timing of the testing done in Houston during hurricane Harvey. As if the stress on getting JWST built wasn't enough, but now it's in the path of a massive hurricane that parked itself over the area dropping 40"+ of rain.

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