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Re: Déjà vu - ASIDE JWST mirrors in alignment

See the image here from ESA:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/52036285993/in/feed-37440125-1651169895-1-72157721616820865

"Alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments.

Upon completing the seventh and final stage of telescope alignment, the team held a set of key decision meetings and unanimously agreed that Webb is ready to move forward into its next and final series of preparations, known as science instrument commissioning. This process of setting up and testing the instruments will take about two months before scientific operations begin in the summer."

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