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Description: Segment Image Identification One by one, we will move the 18 mirror segments to determine which segment creates which segment image. After matching the mirror segments to their respective images, we can tilt the mirrors to bring all the images near a common point for further analysis. We call this arrangement an “image array.
Title: JWST Segment Image Identification
Credit: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=20358&button=recent
Author: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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