The James Webb Space Telescope
Located 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, has completed the alignment phase of its science instruments, which are now operational, NASA announced.
Its Four Powerful Instruments
Three image processors and a spectrometer, were successfully aligned with the main mirror
Whose Deployment Was
Completed in early January, two weeks after liftoff of the James Webb Telescope
Each Instrument Has...
Reached “operational temperature” and is ready for use, NASA said in a statement.
Pending The First Science Observations
It was confirmed that the instruments are capable of “capturing sharp, well-oriented images”
Such As, For Example,
Image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy, a satellite of the Milky Way, which was taken by the Mirim instrument.