Performance of NIRCam on JWST in Flight
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Rieke, Marcia J.
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Kelly, Douglas M.
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Misselt, Karl
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Stansberry, John
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Boyer, Martha
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Beatty, Thomas
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Egami, Eiichi
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Florian, Michael
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Greene, Thomas P.
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Hainline, Kevin
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Leisenring, Jarron
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Roellig, Thomas
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Schlawin, Everett
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Sun, Fengwu
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Tinnin, Lee
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Williams, Christina C.
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Willmer, Christopher N. A.
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Wilson, Debra
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Clark, Charles R.
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Rohrbach, Scott
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Brooks, Brian
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Canipe, Alicia
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DiFelice, Audrey
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Gennaro, Mario
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Girard, Julien H.
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Hartig, George
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Hilbert, Bryan
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Koekemoer, Anton M.
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Nikolov, Nikolay K.
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Pirzkal, Norbert
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Rest, Armin
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Robberto, Massimo
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Sunnquist, Ben
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Telfer, Randal
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Wu, Chi Rai
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Ferry, Malcolm
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Lewis, Dan
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Baum, Stefi
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Beichman, Charles
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Doyon, René
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Dressler, Alan
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Eisenstein, Daniel J.
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Ferrarese, Laura
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Hodapp, Klaus
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Horner, Scott
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Jaffe, Daniel T.
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Johnstone, Doug
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Krist, John
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Martin, Peter
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McCarthy, Donald W.
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Meyer, Michael
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Rieke, George H.
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Trauger, John
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Young, Erick T.
Abstract
The Near Infrared Camera for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is delivering the imagery that astronomers have hoped for ever since JWST was proposed back in the 1990s. In the Commissioning Period that extended from right after launch to early 2022 July, NIRCam has been subjected to a number of performance tests and operational checks. The camera is exceeding prelaunch expectations in virtually all areas, with very few surprises discovered in flight. NIRCam also delivered the imagery needed by the Wavefront Sensing Team for use in aligning the telescope mirror segments.
Volume
135
Issue
1044
Start page
028001
Issn Identifier
0004-6280
Ads BibCode
2023PASP..135b8001R
Rights
open.access
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