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RussellCattle

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15. Judi, thanks for posting this. This new telescope just continues to amaze us. The article.....

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Tue Apr 11, 2023, 06:57 PM

Apr 2023

.....answers, in part, a question that I've had about how the JWST's viewing time may be allocated. This image, it says, was done with twelve minutes of viewing time, which strikes me as a modest amount. I believe that the telescopes main purpose, both in it's design and rationale, are to look deeper in space, so it's interesting to see that nearby objects like this are getting some attention.

Thanks again. I have to wonder what you think about all the "Uranus" jokes though.

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Scientists Just Used The Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Built to Look at Uranus [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2023 OP

I wonder if it will see the USS Enterprise circling it looking for Klingons. TheBlackAdder Apr 2023 #1

Don't!! (I think the same actually when I see this planet named.) sprinkleeninow Apr 2023 #3

Hats off to you... whopis01 Apr 2023 #4

I just caught that. sprinkleeninow Apr 2023 #5

The Klingon joke was from the late 70s or early 80s. TheBlackAdder Apr 2023 #7

If so, may they all land and think, "space suits? We are Klingons, we don't need space suits." Igel Apr 2023 #22

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I'd have come a little closer ... ret5hd Apr 2023 #8

Sorry, but myanus doesn't look anything like that. paleotn Apr 2023 #9

Not that I want to know, but could I guess: red and expansive? erronis Apr 2023 #10

Ha! Good one. paleotn Apr 2023 #16

I felt that! dchill Apr 2023 #11

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Judi, thanks for posting this. This new telescope just continues to amaze us. The article..... RussellCattle Apr 2023 #15

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