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While the JWST has a larger aperture (6.5 m) than Hubble (2.7 m), the wave lengths it is sensitive to are also longer. So the overall resolution is only betwee
by floxy 3y ago
While the JWST has a larger aperture (6.5 m) than Hubble (2.7 m), the wave lengths it is sensitive to are also longer. So the overall resolution is only between 2 and 3 times better for JWST. So if Hubble can only resolve something to 1 pixel, I'd only expect you'd get at most 9 pixels for JWST.