Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA to Main • 8 months agoShot from the Webb telescopeimagemessage-square27 fedilinkarrow-up1111
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minus-squarecrosswind [they/them]hexbear15·8 months ago Is Webb even positioned where it can observe an eclipse? Pretty sure it’s not link
minus-squareryepunk [he/him]hexbear12·8 months agoIt's orbiting a Lagrange point somewhere quite far from earth, certainly farther than the moon anyways. link
minus-squarecrosswind [they/them]hexbear9·8 months agoThe 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, link
Pretty sure it’s not
It's orbiting a Lagrange point somewhere quite far from earth, certainly farther than the moon anyways.
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,