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Zach Sagarin
Michelina Restaino
JAMES WEBB ___ TELESCOPE!!!
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• The planning for this telescope started in 1996.• Still not in ____......• It will be a large infrared ____ Telescope with 6.5
meter primary mirror.• It shall be launched into _____ in 2018.• Its current price cap is at around $8.8 BILLION.• The launch itself is estimated to take about $1.5
BILLION. • The primary mirror is made out of beryllium. • It will have 18 segments.• The duration of its “mission” will be 5 to 10 years.
PLANNING/FUNDING
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• The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization• Assembly of Galaxies• The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems• Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life
GOALS:
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• January 24, 2014 the JW_T was subjected to tests to examine the telescope’s power, communications and pointing control systems.
• The Telescope has passed most of the necessary tests within deadline.
LATEST RESULTS
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• Near-Infrared Camera- To detect the earliest stars and galaxies (λ 0.6-5 microns)
• Near-Infrared Spectrograph-To disperse light from an object into a spectrum (temp. mass, and chem. comp.)
• Mid-Infrared Instrument- Camera and Spectrograph to view light in mid-infrared region of electromagnetic spectrum
• Fine Guidance Sensor/Near InfraRed Imager and Slitless Spectrograph- Investigate the first light, exoplanet detection and characterization and exoplanet transit spectroscopy
IMPORTANT INSTRUMENTS:
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