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A Flaw the JWST Doesn't (Have to) Have?



 
 
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Old July 15th 11, 10:21 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Thomas Womack
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Default A Flaw the JWST Doesn't (Have to) Have?

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Thomas Womack wrote:

I think the HgCdTe array is
sensitive to shorter-wavelength light, but as designed the instrument
does not have a 'clear' filter.


This turns out to be wrong; the HgCdTe array is manufactured on a base
of CdZnTe which is opaque to the shorter-wavelength light.

Tom
 




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