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totally stupid question: Could one theoretically point the hubble at the james webb mirrors and see anything?
by samstave 4y ago
totally stupid question:
Could one theoretically point the hubble at the james webb mirrors and see anything?
- CalChris 4y agoNo. The JWST is about a million miles away from earth. It is only 6.5 meters wide. tan = 6.5 meters / 1M miles = 4.03891275 × 10-9 2.31×10^-7 degrees The Hubble can resolve 1/10th of an arc second or 2.78×10^-5 degrees So it's roughly 100 times too small for the Hubble to see.
- samstave 4y agothank you