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murder
Member Thu Jan 13 07:04:41
http://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

Almost 85% of the way to L2 now.

murder
Member Wed Jan 19 14:20:42

Almost at 95% of the way to L2 and the mirrors are all fully deployed. Not much left to do before the long wait to see if Webb actually works.

murder
Member Mon Jan 24 13:13:21

The James Webb Telescope is now orbiting L2.

murder
Member Wed Jan 26 09:49:22

WEBB IS ORBITING L2

Next Steps: Cooldown, Alignment, Calibration

Telescope deployment is complete. Webb is now orbiting L2. Ongoing cooldown and eventual instrument turn-on, testing and calibration occur. Telescope mirror alignment and calibration also begin as temperatures fall within range and instruments are enabled. Stay tuned...this page will track these milestones and keep you informed of where Webb is on the path to our first science images.

The telescope and scientific instruments started to cool rapidly in the shade of the sunshield once it was deployed, but it will take several weeks for them to cool all the way down to stable operational temperatures. This cooldown will be carefully controlled with strategically-placed electric heater strips. The remaining five months of commissioning will be all about aligning the optics and calibrating the scientific instruments.

Paramount
Member Wed Jan 26 10:31:00
Will they find any aliens? Or Earth II?

murder
Member Wed Jan 26 11:12:33

First they will discover the earliest stars.

Then they will look further and see a bunch of gas.

Then they will try to see all the way back to the big bang and find a giant burrito.

Sam Adams
Member Wed Jan 26 11:41:26
"The remaining five months of commissioning will be all about aligning the optics and calibrating the scientific instruments."

That shit is hard. I was working some weather sat cals the other day and i think i popped my brain.

murder
Member Wed Jan 26 12:42:47

Can't they just click on autofocus?

Paramount
Member Thu Jan 27 09:57:56
Someone has found a spooky object in space. BBC reports:

Australia scientists find 'spooky' spinning object in Milky Way

Australian scientists say they have discovered an unknown spinning object in the Milky Way that they claim is unlike anything seen before.

The object - first discovered by a university student - has been observed to release a huge burst of radio energy for a full minute every 18 minutes.

Objects that pulse energy in the universe are often documented. But researchers say something that turns on for a minute is highly unusual.

The team is working to understand more.

[…]

"[It] was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations," she was quoted as saying in a media release from ICRAR that documented the discovery.

"That was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there's nothing known in the sky that does that."

Objects that turn on and off in the Universe are not new to astronomers—they call them "transients".

But an object that turned on for a full minute was "really weird," ICRAR-Curtin astrophysicist Dr Gemma Anderson, was quoted as saying in the release.

ICRAR added that after trawling back through years of data, the team was able to establish that the object is about 4,000 light-years from Earth, is incredibly bright and has an extremely strong magnetic field.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-60150542

Could it be a planet sized space station, like the Death Star?

murder
Member Thu Jan 27 11:39:05

So some sort of pulsar.

Habebe
Member Thu Jan 27 11:58:41
"The object - first discovered by a university student - has been observed to release a huge burst of radio energy for a full minute every 18 minutes."

Alex Jones?

murder
Member Thu Jan 27 12:15:15

^ ha! :o)

murder
Member Fri Feb 11 21:02:36

The James Webb Telescope took a selfie! :o)

=============================

NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb

Bonus image! When it’s time to focus, sometimes you need to take a good look at yourself.

This “selfie” taken by Webb of its primary mirror was not captured by an externally mounted engineering camera, but with a special lens within its NIRCam instrument. #UnfoldTheUniverse

http://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1492164093742047237

murder
Member Fri Feb 11 21:21:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yfcwY2xLGE

murder
Member Fri Mar 18 09:46:03

NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb

Small adjustments, major progress!

Having completed 2 more mirror alignment steps, #NASAWebb’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed its science goals. Now that’s good optics! go.nasa.gov/3KMV1gW

murder
Member Fri Mar 18 09:46:30
http://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1504121946056888322

murder
Member Fri Mar 18 09:48:40

And for anyone interested ... the Artemis rocket.

http://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1504605450771345410

Hrothgar
Member Sat Mar 19 01:08:16
The Webb telescope is such a stark contrast in human potential vs the insanely worthless warfare happening below.

Nimatzo
iChihuaha Sat Mar 19 03:29:14
It’s funny because in the original thread murder couldn’t shut about what a waste of money this was and how cheap genocide is.

murder
Member Sat Mar 19 08:17:00

"It’s funny because in the original thread murder couldn’t shut about what a waste of money this was and how cheap genocide is."

Sunk cost, baby. I want a return on my investment ... and I will be insufferable if we can't squeeze at least $10 billion worth out of this jalopy.

Also link to the thread if you're going to reference it.

http://www...hread=89117&time=1641321771700

murder
Member Thu Mar 31 11:22:47

Not Webb ... just little old Hubble.

Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YMRuh772IA

Nimatzo
iChihuaha Thu Mar 31 17:46:30
Now imagine the threads we could have, if we had a base on the moon and then Mars.

murder
Member Thu Mar 31 20:44:45

Never happening.

Habebe
Member Thu Mar 31 20:47:13
I think Trump signed an order for a moon base/mining.

AFAIK Biden didn't repeal it.

murder
Member Thu Mar 31 21:08:27

I don't care what anyone signs. It ain't happening.

nhill
Member Thu Mar 31 21:33:28
Sorry Nim/Habebe. I totally trust the opinion, on the viability of space travel, of a guy in his late 50s that doesn't even know how computers work over y'all.

murder
Member Thu Mar 31 21:53:08

"Sorry Nim/Habebe. I totally trust the opinion, on the viability of space travel, of a guy in his late 50s that doesn't even know how computers work over y'all."

Well I've been right for decades and we're still nowhere near close to doing it, so I guess I'll be right at least until I'm dead and buried.

Habebe
Member Thu Mar 31 22:30:56
In all fairness, Nimatzo probably keeps up on this more than I do.

Some quick googling it appears that NASA is trying to get a base as early as 2024, so figure 2030 at the earliest. Biden wants to send black women to the moon....seriously.

Trump seemed very keen on obtaining the mining rights.

Now I vaguely remember from my HS science class watching a video about the moon having alot of Hydrogen-3, that they wanted to turn into hydrogen-4 for fuel....TBH it could have been Mars. Its still probably better info than Murders old man rants about no damn moon bases and baseballs in his backyard.

murder
Member Thu Mar 31 23:20:36

It's 2022 ... and we're years away from making it back to where we were in 1970. That's no accident.

Habebe
Member Fri Apr 01 01:08:38
But now with black ppl!

Nimatzo
iChihuaha Fri Apr 01 01:48:03
Were gonna have a permanent moon base this decade or the next. We can arrange for your death and burial if it means very much for you to get this one right :)

murder
Member Fri Apr 01 07:58:38

Never gonna happen.

The moon base I mean. Death is outside with the meter running.

Nimatzo
iChihuaha Fri Apr 01 09:17:06
Yea yea yea, meanwhile more countries are joining the Artemis accord. The first Artemis flight is planned for june this year, with a plan for a manned moon mission in 2025. The program will be delayed for sure, but there is actually a very serious program that is beyond the design phase.

It's happening, so sharpen your sword and practice falling :)

We have to do this murder, and by we I mean a we that does not include you, we need to do this, because of you and despite of you.

nhill
Member Fri Apr 01 09:30:10
> Well I've been right for decades and we're still nowhere near close to doing it, so I guess I'll be right at least until I'm dead and buried.

That's not how the word never works. You've been wrong for decades if it ever happens in the future. Don't worry, we'll still be alive to make comments about you rolling in the grave. ;)

murder
Member Fri Apr 01 11:29:06

But since it's never happened and never will, I'll have been right all along right through the end of human history.

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murder Member	Thu Jan 13 07:04:41 http://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html Almost 85% of the way to L2 now.
murder Member	Wed Jan 19 14:20:42 Almost at 95% of the way to L2 and the mirrors are all fully deployed. Not much left to do before the long wait to see if Webb actually works.
murder Member	Mon Jan 24 13:13:21 The James Webb Telescope is now orbiting L2.
murder Member	Wed Jan 26 09:49:22 WEBB IS ORBITING L2 Next Steps: Cooldown, Alignment, Calibration Telescope deployment is complete. Webb is now orbiting L2. Ongoing cooldown and eventual instrument turn-on, testing and calibration occur. Telescope mirror alignment and calibration also begin as temperatures fall within range and instruments are enabled. Stay tuned...this page will track these milestones and keep you informed of where Webb is on the path to our first science images. The telescope and scientific instruments started to cool rapidly in the shade of the sunshield once it was deployed, but it will take several weeks for them to cool all the way down to stable operational temperatures. This cooldown will be carefully controlled with strategically-placed electric heater strips. The remaining five months of commissioning will be all about aligning the optics and calibrating the scientific instruments.
Paramount Member	Wed Jan 26 10:31:00 Will they find any aliens? Or Earth II?
murder Member	Wed Jan 26 11:12:33 First they will discover the earliest stars. Then they will look further and see a bunch of gas. Then they will try to see all the way back to the big bang and find a giant burrito.
Sam Adams Member	Wed Jan 26 11:41:26 "The remaining five months of commissioning will be all about aligning the optics and calibrating the scientific instruments." That shit is hard. I was working some weather sat cals the other day and i think i popped my brain.
murder Member	Wed Jan 26 12:42:47 Can't they just click on autofocus?
Paramount Member	Thu Jan 27 09:57:56 Someone has found a spooky object in space. BBC reports: Australia scientists find 'spooky' spinning object in Milky Way Australian scientists say they have discovered an unknown spinning object in the Milky Way that they claim is unlike anything seen before. The object - first discovered by a university student - has been observed to release a huge burst of radio energy for a full minute every 18 minutes. Objects that pulse energy in the universe are often documented. But researchers say something that turns on for a minute is highly unusual. The team is working to understand more. […] "[It] was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations," she was quoted as saying in a media release from ICRAR that documented the discovery. "That was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there's nothing known in the sky that does that." Objects that turn on and off in the Universe are not new to astronomers—they call them "transients". But an object that turned on for a full minute was "really weird," ICRAR-Curtin astrophysicist Dr Gemma Anderson, was quoted as saying in the release. ICRAR added that after trawling back through years of data, the team was able to establish that the object is about 4,000 light-years from Earth, is incredibly bright and has an extremely strong magnetic field. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-60150542 Could it be a planet sized space station, like the Death Star?
murder Member	Thu Jan 27 11:39:05 So some sort of pulsar.
Habebe Member	Thu Jan 27 11:58:41 "The object - first discovered by a university student - has been observed to release a huge burst of radio energy for a full minute every 18 minutes." Alex Jones?
murder Member	Thu Jan 27 12:15:15 ^ ha! :o)
murder Member	Fri Feb 11 21:02:36 The James Webb Telescope took a selfie! :o) ============================= NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb Bonus image! When it’s time to focus, sometimes you need to take a good look at yourself. This “selfie” taken by Webb of its primary mirror was not captured by an externally mounted engineering camera, but with a special lens within its NIRCam instrument. #UnfoldTheUniverse http://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1492164093742047237
murder Member	Fri Feb 11 21:21:25 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yfcwY2xLGE
murder Member	Fri Mar 18 09:46:03 NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb Small adjustments, major progress! Having completed 2 more mirror alignment steps, #NASAWebb’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed its science goals. Now that’s good optics! go.nasa.gov/3KMV1gW
murder Member	Fri Mar 18 09:46:30 http://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1504121946056888322
murder Member	Fri Mar 18 09:48:40 And for anyone interested ... the Artemis rocket. http://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1504605450771345410
Hrothgar Member	Sat Mar 19 01:08:16 The Webb telescope is such a stark contrast in human potential vs the insanely worthless warfare happening below.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Sat Mar 19 03:29:14 It’s funny because in the original thread murder couldn’t shut about what a waste of money this was and how cheap genocide is.
murder Member	Sat Mar 19 08:17:00 "It’s funny because in the original thread murder couldn’t shut about what a waste of money this was and how cheap genocide is." Sunk cost, baby. I want a return on my investment ... and I will be insufferable if we can't squeeze at least $10 billion worth out of this jalopy. Also link to the thread if you're going to reference it. http://www...hread=89117&time=1641321771700
murder Member	Thu Mar 31 11:22:47 Not Webb ... just little old Hubble. Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YMRuh772IA
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Thu Mar 31 17:46:30 Now imagine the threads we could have, if we had a base on the moon and then Mars.
murder Member	Thu Mar 31 20:44:45 Never happening.
Habebe Member	Thu Mar 31 20:47:13 I think Trump signed an order for a moon base/mining. AFAIK Biden didn't repeal it.
murder Member	Thu Mar 31 21:08:27 I don't care what anyone signs. It ain't happening.
nhill Member	Thu Mar 31 21:33:28 Sorry Nim/Habebe. I totally trust the opinion, on the viability of space travel, of a guy in his late 50s that doesn't even know how computers work over y'all.
murder Member	Thu Mar 31 21:53:08 "Sorry Nim/Habebe. I totally trust the opinion, on the viability of space travel, of a guy in his late 50s that doesn't even know how computers work over y'all." Well I've been right for decades and we're still nowhere near close to doing it, so I guess I'll be right at least until I'm dead and buried.
Habebe Member	Thu Mar 31 22:30:56 In all fairness, Nimatzo probably keeps up on this more than I do. Some quick googling it appears that NASA is trying to get a base as early as 2024, so figure 2030 at the earliest. Biden wants to send black women to the moon....seriously. Trump seemed very keen on obtaining the mining rights. Now I vaguely remember from my HS science class watching a video about the moon having alot of Hydrogen-3, that they wanted to turn into hydrogen-4 for fuel....TBH it could have been Mars. Its still probably better info than Murders old man rants about no damn moon bases and baseballs in his backyard.
murder Member	Thu Mar 31 23:20:36 It's 2022 ... and we're years away from making it back to where we were in 1970. That's no accident.
Habebe Member	Fri Apr 01 01:08:38 But now with black ppl!
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Fri Apr 01 01:48:03 Were gonna have a permanent moon base this decade or the next. We can arrange for your death and burial if it means very much for you to get this one right :)
murder Member	Fri Apr 01 07:58:38 Never gonna happen. The moon base I mean. Death is outside with the meter running.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Fri Apr 01 09:17:06 Yea yea yea, meanwhile more countries are joining the Artemis accord. The first Artemis flight is planned for june this year, with a plan for a manned moon mission in 2025. The program will be delayed for sure, but there is actually a very serious program that is beyond the design phase. It's happening, so sharpen your sword and practice falling :) We have to do this murder, and by we I mean a we that does not include you, we need to do this, because of you and despite of you.
nhill Member	Fri Apr 01 09:30:10 > Well I've been right for decades and we're still nowhere near close to doing it, so I guess I'll be right at least until I'm dead and buried. That's not how the word never works. You've been wrong for decades if it ever happens in the future. Don't worry, we'll still be alive to make comments about you rolling in the grave. ;)
murder Member	Fri Apr 01 11:29:06 But since it's never happened and never will, I'll have been right all along right through the end of human history.
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