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James Webb ___ Telescope!!!

James Webb ___ Telescope!!!. Zach Sagarin Michelina Restaino. Planning/Funding. 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.

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James Webb ___ Telescope!!!

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  1. James Webb ___ Telescope!!! Zach Sagarin MichelinaRestaino

  2. Planning/Funding • 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.

  3. Goals: • 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

  4. Latest Results • 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.

  5. Important Instruments: • 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

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