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	<title>Comments on: Weird diffraction spikes on the JWST imagery</title>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48749</link>
		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That seems reasonable.  Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That seems reasonable.  Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: RL</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48748</link>
		<dc:creator>RL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>R is wavelength/minimum resolvable wavelength separation... (Lambda/deltaLambda)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>R is wavelength/minimum resolvable wavelength separation&#8230; (Lambda/deltaLambda)</p>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48657</link>
		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 04:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Imaging: 0.0317 arcsec/pixel, λ 2.5µm R=100: 0.0648 arcsec/pixel.&lt;/em&gt; Lambda must be the wavelength in micrometers, but what is meant by &quot;R&quot;?

That is, 31.7 mas and 64.8 mas, respectively.  I get that.  Due to atmospheric distortion, 1 arcsec resolution from terrestrial observatories is considered about the best optical telescopes can achieve in the visual part of the spectrum.

The full moon appears about 1800 arcsec in diameter as seen from earth</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Imaging: 0.0317 arcsec/pixel, λ 2.5µm R=100: 0.0648 arcsec/pixel.</em> Lambda must be the wavelength in micrometers, but what is meant by &#8220;R&#8221;?</p>
<p>That is, 31.7 mas and 64.8 mas, respectively.  I get that.  Due to atmospheric distortion, 1 arcsec resolution from terrestrial observatories is considered about the best optical telescopes can achieve in the visual part of the spectrum.</p>
<p>The full moon appears about 1800 arcsec in diameter as seen from earth</p>
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		<title>By: RL</title>
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		<dc:creator>RL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 18:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Imaging: 0.0317 arcsec/pixel, λ 2.5µm R=100: 0.0648 arcsec/pixel&lt;/blockquote&gt;



&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/forScientists/faqScientists.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What are the capabilities of NIRCam&lt;/a&gt;?
The Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) provides filter imaging in the 0.6 to 5.0 micron range. With a dichroic splitting the light at 2.4 microns, NIRCam provides simultaneous imaging of a 2.2 by 4.4 arcmin2 field of view in two filters. The short wavelength channel contains eight 2048 by 2048 pixel detectors with 32 milliarcsec pixels, and the long wavelength channel contains two 2048 by 2048 pixel HgCdTe detectors with 65 milliarcsec pixels. NIRCam contains 7 broad-band filters, 12 medium-band filters, several narrow-band filters and long wavelength slitless grisms. It contains the weak lenses and other hardware that will be used for wavefront sensing for the telescope. NIRCam contains a coronagraphic capability. NIRCam broad-band imaging will reach 11.4 nJy (AB=28.8) point-source detection at 2.0 microns, 10 sigma in 10,000 seconds.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Imaging: 0.0317 arcsec/pixel, λ 2.5µm R=100: 0.0648 arcsec/pixel</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/forScientists/faqScientists.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">What are the capabilities of NIRCam</a>?<br />
The Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) provides filter imaging in the 0.6 to 5.0 micron range. With a dichroic splitting the light at 2.4 microns, NIRCam provides simultaneous imaging of a 2.2 by 4.4 arcmin2 field of view in two filters. The short wavelength channel contains eight 2048 by 2048 pixel detectors with 32 milliarcsec pixels, and the long wavelength channel contains two 2048 by 2048 pixel HgCdTe detectors with 65 milliarcsec pixels. NIRCam contains 7 broad-band filters, 12 medium-band filters, several narrow-band filters and long wavelength slitless grisms. It contains the weak lenses and other hardware that will be used for wavefront sensing for the telescope. NIRCam contains a coronagraphic capability. NIRCam broad-band imaging will reach 11.4 nJy (AB=28.8) point-source detection at 2.0 microns, 10 sigma in 10,000 seconds.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: RobVG</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48597</link>
		<dc:creator>RobVG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just throw a star out of focus and adjust the primary until they&#039;re concentric.

Edit: the adjustment is made with the secondary mirror on a Schmidt-Cassegrain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just throw a star out of focus and adjust the primary until they&#8217;re concentric.</p>
<p>Edit: the adjustment is made with the secondary mirror on a Schmidt-Cassegrain.</p>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48586</link>
		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Although this is pretty routine stuff for an astronomer, even an amateur astronomer.

If you own a telescope, look at any bright star at high power and you will see the diffraction spikes (in a reflector) or the diffraction rings (in a refractor).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although this is pretty routine stuff for an astronomer, even an amateur astronomer.</p>
<p>If you own a telescope, look at any bright star at high power and you will see the diffraction spikes (in a reflector) or the diffraction rings (in a refractor).</p>
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		<title>By: Pebble</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48582</link>
		<dc:creator>Pebble</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I’ll wait and see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ll wait and see.</p>
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		<title>By: podrock</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48580</link>
		<dc:creator>podrock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Posting or commenting requires an invite. If it is who I think it is, I&#039;ve no problem setting them up.

As far as reposting goes, that&#039;s ER&#039;s call.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Posting or commenting requires an invite. If it is who I think it is, I&#8217;ve no problem setting them up.</p>
<p>As far as reposting goes, that&#8217;s ER&#8217;s call.</p>
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		<title>By: podrock</title>
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		<dc:creator>podrock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Pebble</title>
		<link>https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/02/27/diffraction-spikes/#comment-48576</link>
		<dc:creator>Pebble</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No worries if not</description>
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