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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE
Does it really take months to cool down? Seems like a really long time considering the on board helium cooling system, heat shield, and temp of deep space. Is the solar radiation that high that the cooling rate is pretty small? Love to see any links you might have (I'll google obvs).
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The hot side of the telescope is going to stay hotter than air temperature here on earth.
And it’s really quite hard to cool things off in space, since there’s nothing to conduct or convect heat to. Sone parts of the telescope have to be REALLY cold (7K or so).