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Side-by-side photographic glass plates and James Webb images show how telescope technology has evolv – Before powerful space-based telescopes like Webb, astronomers used clear glass plates scattered with dark specks of stars to study the sky.Carina Nebula at center, NGC3372 in upper right of the plate. Image taken in Arequipa, Peru on April 7, 1896.A glass plate image shows the Carina Nebula, left, taken in …