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Roman Space Telescope's camera reportedly has nearly 30% better image quality than predicted

A post says engineers adjusted the secondary mirror's height by about one-sixteenth of a human hair's diameter.

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A post says the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on August 30, 2026, and its Wide Field Instrument was switched on in September. Engineers then completed tests and adjusted the secondary mirror's height by about one-sixteenth of a hair's diameter. The post cites NASA as saying the instrument's image quality is nearly 30% better than predicted. The camera is intended for surveys of dark matter and dark energy.

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AT Atomik@poatomik 3:37 PM · Oct 18, 2026
NASA nudged a mirror on its new space telescope by 1/16 of a human hair. Image quality came out nearly 30% better than predicted. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on August 30. Its Wide Field Instrument was switched on in September, and engineers have now finished…