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rocketsocks t1_j8pdv1e wrote

Let's just call it the Roman Space Telescope or RST for short.

This telescope is mostly a survey instrument, able to image roughly 1/4 of the sky every 5 years to a resolution of 0.11 arcseconds. For comparison, Hubble's resolution maxes out at 0.04 arcseconds, so it won't be quite at that level but it'll still be an enormous amount of very high quality data. Because of its large field of view and 0.3 gigapixel camera it'll return well over a terabyte of data per day (compared to JWST's ~30 gigabytes per day). Combined with JWST and the Vera Rubin Observatory these next generation telescopes will very much usher in a new era of high throughput data-rich astronomy.

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MSW_21 t1_j8v62i4 wrote

Most people do already call it the aromas space telescope- that’s what all their merch says at least

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ThrowawayTheBig_D t1_j8pqh8d wrote

I don't think you needed to exclude the woman's name.

You didn't even use the acronym again in your post.

Are you intentionally trying to erase this woman's accomplishments from the scientific record or just obtuse?

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nize426 t1_j8qbe17 wrote

Her name is Nancy Roman. Grace is her middle name.

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