It can be said that this year is the year of “James Webb Space Telescope” Really from NASA after being launched into space on December 25, 2021 with an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana, an overseas territory of France. Located on the north coast of South America. to the Atlantic Ocean
From that day to today, in one year, the camera has traveled over a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) since then. this amazing space telescope has sent amazing images from space. Since images of planets and moons in solar system space Including some images from galaxies more than 13.1 billion light years away.
On this year’s 1st anniversary Science MGROnline ขLet’s get to know the James Webb Space Telescope again, a space telescope that fascinates the world with the beauty of the distant space.
James Webb Space Telescope – JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) is a space telescope developed by NASA. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) aim to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope mission. As a NASA astrophysics mission The new telescope is named after James E. Webb, a NASA administrator from 1961 to 1968, one of the key figures in the Apollo program.
Despite the enormous value of up to 3.4 billion baht, this space telescope It didn’t disappoint the human world. With the images that have been taken and sent back are sharp in both details and colors. Until causing the people of the world to be stunned by the beauty of the vast space that never ends And made many images become the space picture of the year, especially the image “Carina Nebula” that fascinates the world with the clouds and colors of space. This nebula is one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky. in the southern hemisphere Located about 7,600 light-years away, the nebula is a nursery of newly formed stars. It is the birthplace of many massive stars. which is several times larger than the sun
and besides The James Webb Space Telescope also took sharp images. “Pillar of Birth” (Pillars of Creation) is a famous image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope since 1995, the Pillars of Creation. It is part of the Eagle Nebula (M16) in the constellation Serpens, about 6,500 to 7,000 light-years from Earth.
As for the James Webb Space Telescope, its primary reflector, comprising 18 hexagonal gold-coated beryllium mirrors, will have a total diameter of 6.5 m and a reflecting area of 25.4 m2, more than the area of the Hubble Space Telescope. Six times as much, thus less time spent gathering light to take a photo. and can also take pictures in the infrared wavelength instead of visible light like the Hubble telescope. make this space telescope It can be regarded as a new door that allows human beings like us to travel in the beautiful space. Through sharp images and outstanding colors like you’ve never seen before.