So how would JWT see our closest star, or resolve it?
Would it see any meaning full details?
So how would JWT see our closest star, or resolve it?
Would it see any meaning full details?
So how would JWT see our closest star, or resolve it?
Would it see any meaning full details?
On 13/07/2022 06:51, StarDust wrote:
So how would JWT see our closest star, or resolve it?
Would it see any meaning full details?
Sadly not. I suspect it would also be too bright for the sensors to
handle without special measures for very short exposures.
HST can get Betelgeuse just about resolved as a disk with some detail so
in principle the JWT should be able to do about the same (but it has
more stringent maximum allowed surface brightness for its targets).
Best bet for indirect images of stars is ground based (for now) optical >interferometry exemplified by the prototype COAST array in Cambridge and
now fully operational systems like CHARA - has seen spots on other stars!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHARA_array
They are using radio astronomy VLBI techniques in the near IR band.
And all of the large ground-based telescopes offer higher resolution
of stars than any space telescope. Without interferometry.
On Monday, July 18, 2022 at 11:31:23 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
And all of the large ground-based telescopes offer higher resolution
of stars than any space telescope. Without interferometry.
But with adaptive optics and stuff like that. The Earth's atmosphere,
while very useful for purposes like breathing, is a pain for astronomy.
On Monday, July 18, 2022 at 11:31:23 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
And all of the large ground-based telescopes offer higher resolution
of stars than any space telescope. Without interferometry.
But with adaptive optics and stuff like that. The Earth's atmosphere,
while very useful for purposes like breathing, is a pain for astronomy.
On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 5:17:46 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
On Monday, July 18, 2022 at 11:31:23 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
And all of the large ground-based telescopes offer higher resolution
of stars than any space telescope. Without interferometry.
But with adaptive optics and stuff like that. The Earth's atmosphere,
while very useful for purposes like breathing, is a pain for astronomy.
...but more to the point, even in telescopes like the Keck, stars are
still just point objects, even if their angular resolution beats the Hubble >and the JWST.
Long-baseline methods with interferometry are needed to see sunspots
on distant stars at present.
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