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Old 12-02-2007, 04:33 PM
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I think it is not going to work in the same part of the spectrum as in your backyard but if it did the rule is finally related to seeing conditions so we would find maybe you could use your smallest EP and your biggest barlow up there....maybe.
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Old 12-05-2007, 03:42 AM
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NASA unveiled a model of JWST

The US space agency Nasa has unveiled a model of a space telescope that scientists say will be able to see to the farthest reaches of the Universe. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is intended to replace the ageing Hubble telescope.
It will be larger than its predecessor, sit farther from Earth and have a giant mirror to enable it to see more.
Officials said the JWST - named after a former Nasa administrator - was on course for launch in June 2013.
The full-scale model is being displayed outside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the US capital, Washington DC.
It was recently shown off in Seattle at the American Astronomical Society meeting...
The $4.5bn (£2.3bn) telescope will take up a position some 1.5 million km (930,000 miles) from Earth.
It will measure 24m (80ft) long by 12m (40ft) high and incorporate a hexagonal mirror 6.5m (21.3ft) in diameter, almost three times the size of Hubble's...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6645179.stm
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Old 14-05-2007, 03:14 PM
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I just hope they bloody test the optics PROPERLY this time....after what happened last time! Double check and double check it again.....
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