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Is the intention for both Herschel and the James Webb Space Telescope to orbit round L2?

but still as telescopes they have much the same "point of view"

 

Almost, yes. This teleskopes are placed there not for the

"point of view", but to shield them from the heat radiated

from sun.

There are detectors operating at some few Kelvins above

absolute zero in them, and cooling is much easier when

You shield all radiation in the first place.

Georg

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  • Asked by Georg
  • on 2010-12-09 16:14:07
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