NASA continues to 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 successful adjustment, the authorities, who shared new photos, announced that they were amazed by the telescope’s performance. NASA employees said in a statement that the James Webb Space Telescope is “the only device to illuminate the secrets of the universe.”
New selfie came from James Webb Telescope
Officials stated that it is a difficult process to adjust the mirrors of the telescope. He talked about his experiences during his life in a short video. Explaining that each of the mirrors works independently of each other and that they can get clear photos that have never been seen before by superimposing the photo captured by each mirror, the scientists added that this telescope performs much better than simulations.
Saying that the next step is to test the telescope, the authorities announced that after the test of the telescope was successful, it could start active duty. If the tests fail, necessary adjustments will be made to the telescope’s mirrors and the telescope will be tested again.
Thanks to the modern technology of the telescope, photographs of celestial objects in space can be taken up to 5K resolution. 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 the photos shared by NASA
You can click here to see the photo in 5K resolution.
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