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An unassuming star is thrust into the spotlight during calibration of the James Webb Space Telescope. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Professor Mike Merrifield. Mike's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri The JWST website: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov The star is 2MASS J17554042+6551277 Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/deepskyvideos Fingers crossed for the JWST: https://youtu.be/OVjbelWgGkw Lagrange Points: https://youtu.be/mxpVbU5FH0s Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/sixtysymbols This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran http://www.bradyharanblog.com Email list: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9