# Webb telescope is awake **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789 "2022-07-11T23:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789/1 "2022-07-11T23:11:39Z")
Just think of what went into the Webb telescope to get this picture. Remarkable. Breathtaking. [picture.](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/main_image_deep_field_smacs0723-5mb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789/2 "2022-07-11T23:23:30Z")
Changed forum – this could be IMHO, if you prefer that to MPSIMS, but this felt like the best fit. It’s sorta even a breaking news thread. ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789/3 "2022-07-11T23:41:51Z")
Yeah, I’ll go along with this, but Webb doesn’t seem mundane. Thanks for moving it. I have great difficulty figuring where stuff goes. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789/4 "2022-07-11T23:52:47Z")
Most of what goes in this forum isn’t mundane. From “war in Ukraine” to “i had a new baby” or “i was just diagnosed with cancer” people put stuff they care a lot about in this forum. I think the name is meant to be taken ironically. I’m not a fan of the name, honestly, but i do know what goes here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789/5 "2022-07-12T01:00:57Z")
All this is already being discussed in the other Webb discussion thread. Specifically, the discussion of today’s preview begins at about Post 637: > [@James Webb Space Telescope general discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-webb-space-telescope-general-discussion-thread/956624/637): > > On Monday, July 11 at 5pm ET (21:00 UTC), President Biden will unveil one of the space telescope's first images of deep space as a preview of what's ahead: [https://go.nasa.gov/3NUQ8Dx](https://t.co/kP5JdQEpVz) [preview](https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1546290906046816256?s=20&t=XQLf6s1HiGOLerxFwCZJWQ) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789/6 "2022-07-12T01:30:51Z")
Ooh, nice lensing! It’s easy to see why this was one of the first targets, because lensing images are a scientific bonanza: You get to see more distant objects more closely than you’d otherwise be able to, and you also get information about the mass distribution of the lens. Of course, the downside is that those two types of information are completely intertwined, so it takes a lot of clever analysis to tease out what’s what. But that’s another reason to take the image early, so you have plenty of time to do the analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789/7 "2022-07-12T07:18:26Z")
Astonishing, seeing this side by side with the same view via Hubble you can see how clear it is. It bodes well for huge detail on closer objects and an even deeper view at the edge of the observable universe.