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Herschel was more modest in size, 3.5 meters vs JWST:s 6.5 meters. Also ESA PR is not as great as NASA. NASA is the gold standard in this regard.
by Gravityloss 5y ago
Herschel was more modest in size, 3.5 meters vs JWST:s 6.5 meters. Also ESA PR is not as great as NASA. NASA is the gold standard in this regard.
- jcims 5y agoAlso because it was imaging far infrared with wavelengths 100-1000 times that of visible light, the resolution of the optics was much lower and yielded kind of bla images (with a few notable exceptions): https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/images https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/images