'I don’t think anybody really expected this to be as big of an issue as it’s becoming.'
, the telescope hadn't been fully calibrated when the data was first released, which is now sending some astronomers scrambling to see if their calculations are now obsolete.
The process of going back and trying to find out what parts of the work needs to be redone has proved "thorny and annoying," one astronomer told. Another griped that "I don’t think anybody really expected this to be as big of an issue as it’s becoming."When looking at celestial bodies extremely far away, calibration is paramount — and very difficult. It might take a few weeks before the next calibration updates from the Space Telescope Science Institute are released.
According to Jane Rigby, the telescope’s operations project scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, the STScI "made it clear" that at this early a stage, the calibrations weren’t going to be fully fine tuned. But since it’s been so long since there’s been a new telescope, Rigby toldAs with any advanced new piece of research equipment, it's going to take time to understand the capabilities and limitations of the Webb.
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