Talk:James Webb Space Telescope/Archive 2
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“greatly improved”/“increased” infrared resolution
In the opening paragraph, I don’t see a need for any wording beyond simply saying “its infrared resolution and sensitivity allow it to...”. Using a comparative like “improved” or “increased” makes the reader wonder what it’s being compared with. “Innovative” might be better but would have the same problem. I suppose it could say “compared with Hubble, JWST’s increased infrared...” but it’s excellent in its own right, without needing to be justified or defended with respect to an older telescope and doesn’t need any wp:peacock words.—Northernhenge (talk) 08:44, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- A comparative adjective such as 'improved' or 'increased' really demands that compared instrument be specified but JWST is the only member of its class. I would have liked to have used a peacock term such as, 'wonderful' or 'magnificent' but not only would that not be encylopædic but it would look pathetic when the next generation of instrument is designed. Nevertheless we are justified in using more gentle terms such as 'high' or 'very high'. OrewaTel (talk) 13:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- There have been other infrared observatories: IRAS, Infrared Space Observatory, Spitzer Space Telescope, and now JWST. After their hardware ceased operation, some of these observatories have continued their science mission, using the data that was collected. --Ancheta Wis (talk | contribs) 14:14, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- 'high' sounds good. Let’s go with that.—Northernhenge (talk) 14:52, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
It is really a new generation space telescope?
Wishes, that NASA will go out of the lanaekia supercluster oneday to, research the other superclusters 2409:4042:2EAA:C48A:0:0:99CA:7700 (talk) 13:01, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- This is a current interesting article, 13.SEP.2022, "The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image of the Orion Nebula"
-- AstroU (talk) 14:33, 13 September 2022 (UTC)