학술논문

NIRCam Performance on JWST In Flight
Document Type
Working Paper
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Subject
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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Abstract
The Near Infrared Camera for the James Webb Space Telescope 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 July 2022 NIRCam has been subjected to a number of performance tests and operational checks. The camera is exceeding pre-launch 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 (\citealt{Acton_etal2022}, \citealt{McElwain_etal2022}).
Comment: 17 pages, 18 figures Accepted for publication in PASP