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Old 25-03-2023, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy01 View Post
- a bit hard to compare 1.2M with James Webb's 140M version though
Thanks Andy ... but naaah yer wong mate, Webb's focal length is actually a veeeery short 131.4m ...but, and even with a 6.5m mirror, at infrared wavelengths, its resolution is a positively blurry 0.1" (roughly the same as Hubble at visual wavelengths I think?)...well, according to here anyway..?

Mike

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