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Unfortunately JWST won’t come close to being able to resolve Sgr A*. They measured its diameter in micro-arcseconds, whereas JWST’s limiting resolution will be
by wthomp 4y ago
Unfortunately JWST won’t come close to being able to resolve Sgr A*. They measured its diameter in micro-arcseconds, whereas JWST’s limiting resolution will be measured in 10s-100s of milli-arcseconds.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoAnd would it even be able to see past the dust clouds and stars and stuff in front of it? I mean if they could, they could do another longer term observation like from that clip where you can see stars swishing around it.
- dotnet00 4y agoJWST is an infrared scope pretty much specifically so it can see through dust clouds.