NIRCam Performance on JWST In Flight

Marcia J. Rieke; Douglas M. Kelly; Karl Misselt; John Stansberry; Martha Boyer; Thomas Beatty; Eiichi Egami; Michael Florian; Thomas P. Greene; Kevin Hainline

doi:10.1088/1538-3873/acac53

NIRCam Performance on JWST In Flight

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2023-04-05 v1

Authors: Marcia J. Rieke , Douglas M. Kelly , Karl Misselt , John Stansberry , Martha Boyer , Thomas Beatty , Eiichi Egami , Michael Florian , Thomas P. Greene , Kevin Hainline

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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}).

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astronomical instrumentation and telescopes space missions and instrumentation

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@article{arxiv.2212.12069,
  title  = {NIRCam Performance on JWST In Flight},
  author = {Marcia J. Rieke and Douglas M. Kelly and Karl Misselt and John Stansberry and Martha Boyer and Thomas Beatty and Eiichi Egami and Michael Florian and Thomas P. Greene and Kevin Hainline},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12069},
  year   = {2023}
}

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17 pages, 18 figures Accepted for publication in PASP

NIRCam Performance on JWST In Flight

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