Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM to Main@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoShot from the Webb telescopehexbear.netimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down12
arrow-up1110arrow-down1imageShot from the Webb telescopehexbear.netAlaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM to Main@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareryepunk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoIt’s orbiting a Lagrange point somewhere quite far from earth, certainly farther than the moon anyways.
minus-squarecrosswind [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoThe tip of the lunar umbra just barely reaches the Earth, and Webb is at L2, about five times farther away. It’s not seeing it at all,
It’s orbiting a Lagrange point somewhere quite far from earth, certainly farther than the moon anyways.
The tip of the lunar umbra just barely reaches the Earth, and Webb is at L2, about five times farther away. It’s not seeing it at all,