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imagicnation-station t1_je2onb2 wrote

Reply to comment by Klondike2022 in Why from Earth do we see all these stars but in images taken from space we see none? by Suitable-Victory-105

The reason for that is because the JWST is orbiting the Lagrange point 2, which sits behind the Earth, making it "nighttime" all of the time.

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PhoenixReborn t1_je2uet8 wrote

JWST isn't in the Earth's shadow. It orbits L2 to keep getting power to its solar panels. The imager is pointed away from the sun at all times and protected by its sun shield.

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imagicnation-station t1_je2we7f wrote

You are right. It orbits in and out of Earth's shadow. But at L2, that's the most stable compared to the other Lagrange points.

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