The mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope, which was sent into space in the past months, have been adjusted today.
NASA continues to gradually make the James Webb Space Telescope ready for use, which it sent into space about 3 months ago. The authorities performed the adjustment of the telescope mirrors, which is the last step of this preparation today.
After the adjustment was successful, the authorities, who shared new photos, announced that they were amazed by the performance of the telescope. NASA employees said in a statement that the James Webb Space Telescope He said it was “the only device to illuminate the secrets of the universe”.
New selfie from the James Webb Telescope
Stating that the adjustment of the mirrors of the telescope is a difficult process, the authorities explained their experiences during this process in a short video. Each of the mirrors working independently of each other and superimposing the photograph captured by each mirror with unprecedented clarity Explaining that they were able to obtain photographs, the scientists added that this telescope performed much better than simulations.
Saying that the next step is to test the telescope, officials said that after the test of the telescope was successful. announced that he could start working actively. If the tests fail, necessary adjustments will be made to the telescope’s mirrors and the telescope will be tested again.
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Thanks to the modern technology of the telescope, celestial bodies in space Up to 5K resolution photos can be taken. Authorities also shared this selfie and an ‘evaluation photo’ on NASA’s official site, saying that a ‘selfie’ was taken of the telescope’s mirrors.
Here are those photos shared by NASA
You can click here to see the photo in 5K resolution.
Source :
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-webb-reaches-alignment-milestone-optics-working-successfully