How does a Space Telescope work? (Hubble and Webb)
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 87% confidenceCompares Hubble and Webb in 3D cutaways: mirror designs, instruments, orbits and why Webb must be kept so cold; Jared Owen's models make the hardware easy to follow.
What you'll learn
How space telescopes work, comparing Hubble and JWST: mirrors, instruments, orbits and cooling.
Video by Jared Owen, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of Jared's Space Animations, Jared's Animations
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