On March 11 the telescope james webb reached its final phase of alignment, after almost three months since it was put into orbit as part of an ambitious project that seeks to capture the most incredible images of space. Finally, the time has come and the telescope has sent back to Earth the first clear image of space.
Through a report United States Aerospace Agency, known as NASA, revealed that a week ago Webb’s team completed the “final phase alignment,” which is a key part of servicing the element of James Webb’s optical telescope.
In this process, all the optical parameters have been verified and it has been confirmed that they are working at or above expectations.
The researchers have explained that although there are still months of work to be done for Webb to finally deliver “a new view of the cosmos”it can be said that the first equipment of this type of optical systems is working.
“More than 20 years ago, Webb’s team set out to build the most powerful telescope anyone has ever put in space and came up with a bold optical design to meet demanding scientific goals,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the NASA Science Mission.
The great capacity of the telescope is due to the fact that Webb is the first to use the design of the large telescopes on Earth, using primary and segmented mirrors. The main mirror of just over 6.5 meters is made up of 18 segments of hexagonal beryllium mirrors that had to be folded for launch and later adjusted in orbit.
“In addition to enabling the incredible science that Webb will accomplish, the teams that designed, built, tested, launched and now operate this observatory have pioneered a new way to build space telescopes.”said Lee Feinberg, Webb Optical Telescope Element Manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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While Webb already has significant progress, over the next several months the engineering team will proceed with the final steps of the alignment. At this stage, the team will further align the telescope to include the near-infrared spectrograph, mid-infrared instrument, and near-infrared imager and slitless spectrograph.
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