All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Astronomers await first images from James Webb Space Telescopes mission Astronomers celebrate first images from James Webb Space Telescope's mission 13/07/2022 | 3 MINS Video Player 00:00 02:45 Space enthusiasts and astronomers at Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs International Space Centre have celebrated the first images from NASAΓÇÖs $14 billion James Webb Space TelescopeΓÇÖs history making view of space. The LIT Centre was one of only a handful of institutions in the world to get the first working images from the most powerful orbiting telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope is more than double the size of Hubble and can deliver clearer views of galaxies and planets forming. LIT Astronomy Professor Simon Driver said they had no idea what the First Light images would be but they did know the telescope had already observed many of the teamΓÇÖs target fields. Image: LIT Astronomy Professor Simon Driver ΓÇ£It is fantastic to be part of this and to know LIT students were among the first in the world to work on the telescopeΓÇÖs data,ΓÇ¥
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Astronomers await first images from James Webb Space Telescopes mission Astronomers celebrate first images from James Webb Space Telescope's mission 13/07/2022 | 3 MINS Video Player 00:00 02:45 Space enthusiasts and astronomers at Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs International Space Centre have celebrated the first images from NASAΓÇÖs $14 billion James Webb Space TelescopeΓÇÖs history making view of space.
The LIT Centre was one of only a handful of institutions in the world to get the first working images from the most powerful orbiting telescope.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is more than double the size of Hubble and can deliver clearer views of galaxies and planets forming.
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LIT Astronomy Professor Simon Driver said they had no idea what the First Light images would be but they did know the telescope had already observed many of the teamΓÇÖs target fields.
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Image: LIT Astronomy Professor Simon Driver ΓÇ£It is fantastic to be part of this and to know LIT students were among the first in the world to work on the telescopeΓÇÖs data,ΓÇ¥
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