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Shot from the Webb telescope (hexbear.net)

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

Webb has a sun shield because it specifically cannot look at the sun ever. What's the source on this photo? Nothing shows up in reverse search and I've not found any articles on Webb looking at the eclipse. Is Webb even positioned where it can observe an eclipse?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Is Webb even positioned where it can observe an eclipse?

Pretty sure it’s not

[-] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

It's orbiting a Lagrange point somewhere quite far from earth, certainly farther than the moon anyways.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

The tip of the lunar umbra just barely reaches the Earth, and Webb is at L2, about five times farther away. It's not seeing it at all,

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