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2. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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   The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space , it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant , or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope . [ 9 ]

3. Fine Guidance Sensor and Near Infrared Imager and Slitless ...

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   The FGS will help the telescope aim and stay pointed at whatever it is commanded to look at. [7] FGS helps provide data to the JWST Attitude Control System (ACS) and to do this it has a big sky coverage and sensitivity, to give a high probability it can find a guide star. [8] NIRISS is designed for performing: [9] [10] Near-infrared imaging

4. Photometric system - Wikipedia

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   In astronomy, a photometric system is a set of well-defined passbands (or optical filters), with a known sensitivity to incident radiation. The sensitivity usually depends on the optical system, detectors and filters used. For each photometric system a set of primary standard stars is provided.

5. Infrared telescope - Wikipedia

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   An infrared telescope is a telescope that uses infrared light to ... This was a very sensitive instrument that could electrically detect incredibly small changes in ...

6. NIRSpec - Wikipedia

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   The NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) is one of the four scientific instruments flown on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). [2] The JWST is the follow-on mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and is developed to receive more information about the origins of the universe by observing infrared light from the first stars and galaxies.

7. Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer - Wikipedia

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   Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, observatory code C51, Explorer 92 and MIDEX-6) was a NASA infrared astronomy space telescope in the Explorers Program launched in December 2009. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] WISE discovered thousands of minor planets and numerous star clusters .

8. Integrated Science Instrument Module - Wikipedia

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   The infrared camera instrument integrated with ISIM passed its thermal tests in early 2016. [4] ISIM underwent intense thermal cold testing in late 2015 to early 2016. [5] NIRcam is extremely important to JWST, because it is not only a sensitive infrared camera, but it is also used to adjust the alignment of the main mirror segments. [4]

9. Astronomical interferometer - Wikipedia

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   An astronomical interferometer or telescope array is a ... to visible light and infrared astronomy by the ... with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution, with a ...