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    Space Telescope (which covers the infrared bands). The mid-IR-to-visible band successor to the Hubble telescope is the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)...
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    NIRSpec (category James Webb Space Telescope instruments)
    instruments flown on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST is the follow-on mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and is developed to...
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    ground-based telescopes (like the Keck Telescope and the Very Large Telescope), and is a high contrast imaging mode on the James Webb Space Telescope. This technique...
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    Astronomy". arXiv:1507.04779 [astro-ph.IM]. "FAQ Full General Public Webb Telescope/NASA". jwst.nasa.gov. 2002-09-10. Retrieved 2022-09-27. "Concepts and...
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    Great Observatories program (category Spitzer Space Telescope)
    ultraviolet images of closer galaxies, allowing direct comparison. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in December 2021 and works simultaneously with...
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    contain several such planets. According to the observations of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2024, the super-Earth planet LHS 1140b might either have a...
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    Goddard Space Flight Center and is Senior Project Scientist of the James Webb Space Telescope. She was selected one of Nature's 10 Ones to Watch in 2021 and...
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    Coronagraph (category Optical telescope components)
    As examples, imaging instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope offer coronagraphic capability. A band-limited coronagraph...
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    to 2013, and was the largest infrared telescope ever launched until the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021. Herschel carries a 3.5-metre...
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    telescopes such as the South Pole Telescope to detect dense clusters of galaxies at high redshifts. In December 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope is...
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    explain the unexpected very large early galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). PBHs have long been considered possibly important if not...
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    various space astronomy projects including the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, and several major planet probes have cost considerably...
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    October 2012. Ariane 5 flight VA256 lifts off from Kourou with the James Webb Space Telescope on 25 December 2021. Fire safety is ensured by a detachment of...
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    and 10 galaxies from the ESO catalogue. NGC 2566 imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope NGC 2566 imaged by Pan-STARRS List of NGC objects (2001–3000)...
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    April 2014, NASA astronomers reported that the Hubble Space Telescope, by using spatial scanning, can precisely measure distances up to 10,000 light-years...
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    the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE), and the James Webb Space Telescope. However, it remains a mystery why I Zwicky 18 formed so few stars...
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    broad passbands. Hubble Space Telescope James Webb Space Telescope Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Lists of telescopes The name "Xuntian" comes from...
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    important elements of the MIRI instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope; the whole telescope SWAP for observing the Sun from minisatellite PROBA2...
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    Integral field spectrograph (category Telescopes)
    objects are spatially resolved by large telescopes. For spectroscopic studies, the optimum would then be to get a spectrum for each spatial pixel in the...
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  • Spain, the largest optical telescope in the world with an effective diameter of 10.4 meters. 2021 — James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), was launched 25 December...
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    leave the Fomalhaut A system. Further 2022 observations with the James Webb Space Telescope in mid-infrared failed to resolve the object in the 25.5 μm MIRI...
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    ARIEL (category Space telescopes)
    composition and thermal structures. Compared to the James Webb Space Telescope, ARIEL will be a much smaller telescope with more observing time available for planet...
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    Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (category Hubble Space Telescope instruments)
    operation. James Webb Space Telescope (dedicated near-infrared telescope) List of largest infrared telescopes NICMOSlook Herschel Space Telescope (deep infrared...
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    Kreslavsky, Mikhail A.; Head, James W. (2016). "The steepest slopes on the Moon from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Data: Spatial Distribution and Correlation...
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    the TAO telescope in 2023. MIMIZUKU has similar spatial resolution to the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and wider frequency...
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    Princeton University. "Technical Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)". James Webb Space Telescope. NASA. Retrieved December 14, 2016. "Spacecraft: Motion, Heat...
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    Paulo. On 18 October 2022, the NIRCam instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was used to observe the occultation of the star Gaia DR3...
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    X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (category Space telescopes)
    next generation space telescope in the X-ray astronomy field, similar to how the James Webb Space Telescope, Fermi Space Telescope, and the Atacama Large...
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  • where they have finished burning hydrogen in their cores TAROT – (telescope) Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires TASS – (observing program)...
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    technique. DART's companion LICIACube, the Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, and the Earth-based ATLAS observatory all detected the...
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