NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) is an instrument aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. It has two major tasks, as an imager from 0.6 to 5 μm wavelength...
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reached 120 K (−153 °C; −244 °F), NIRCam targeted the 7th-magnitude star HD 84406 in Ursa Major. To do this, NIRCam took 1560 images of the sky and used...
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Lyman-Break galaxy in the constellation Fornax that was discovered in 2024 using NIRCam as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) program....
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observations from the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) have provided new insights into the composition of Neptune’s rings. Spectral...
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by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during NIRCam imaging for the JWST Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam Observations before the Epoch of Reionization (UNCOVER)...
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Lyman-break galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during NIRCam imaging for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) on 29 September...
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first noted in infrared images captured by JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), with light represented at 0.9 microns (blue), 1.15 and 1.5 microns (green)...
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objects formed as ejected planets or as stars. Kevin Luhman reanalysed the NIRCam data and found that most JuMBOs did not appear in his sample of substellar...
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Part of the northern part of OMC-2 with JWST NIRCam, showing protostars and outflows....
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MoM-z14 Image of MoM-z14 taken with NIRcam on the JWST telescope. Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Sextans Right ascension 10h 00m 22.40s Declination...
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normal to the grating. The dispersed wavefront sensing system (as part the NIRCam instrument) on the James Webb Space Telescope uses grisms. The system allows...
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universe ever taken. Captured by the telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the image was revealed to the public by NASA on 11 July 2022. The James...
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6481 Tenzing, center, is seen moving against a background of stars in this series of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's instrument NIRCam....
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by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during NIRCam imaging for the JWST Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam Observations before the Epoch of Reionization (UNCOVER)...
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Space (GLASS) observing program using the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam in July 2022. It has a spectroscopic redshift of 12.34, making it one of...
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James Webb Space Telescope field called UNCOVER (Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam ObserVations before the Epoch of Reionization), which targets the galaxy...
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survey of the Orion Nebula in late 2022. Using JWST's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), astronomers Pearson and McCaughrean observed a 1.2 × 0.8 parsec region...
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last of the asteroid before its upcoming 2028 approach. JWST has used its NIRCam and Mid-Infrared Instrument to measure 2024 YR4's position, infrared thermal...
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Uranus along with its five major moons and nine inner moons as taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam....
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Kashino, Daichi; Bordoloi, Rongmon; Lilly, Simon J. (2023). "EIGER. III. JWST/NIRCam Observations of the Ultraluminous High-redshift Quasar J0100+2802". The...
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Telescope captured a new image of the Pillars of Creation utilizing the NIRCam aboard the spacecraft. The image was able to capture ejections from the...
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Tarantula Nebula Emission nebula H II region James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam view of the Tarantula Nebula Observation data: J2000 epoch Right ascension...
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Retrieved 2022-07-08. "Two Views of the Gas in the Southern Ring Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Images)". October 18, 2023. Monreal-Ibero, Ana; Walsh...
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this belt. The recent research of the Fomalhaut system used the JWST's NIRCam equipped with coronagraphs to probe the complex dust ring in different wavelengths...
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Fontanive, Clémence; Gelino, Christopher R.; Gizis, John E. (2023-03-29). "JWST/NIRCam Discovery of the First Y+Y Brown Dwarf Binary: WISE J033605.05–014350.4"...
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planet candidate was found in cycle 1 with NIRCam, 5 arcseconds south of HR 8799. Follow-up observations with NIRCam are planned to confirm or reject this...
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scenario the mass of the planet would be on the order of a few tens M🜨. JWST NIRCam observations also detected this object. It is located at around 13.5 AU...
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image to be unveiled by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), imaged using NIRCam, with spectra included, showing objects lensed by the cluster with redshifts...
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photometry confirmed the red color by measuring the brightness with the NIRCam filters F150W and F480M, with a "color" of F150W – F480M = 9.62 mag. This...
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PlaneWave CDK scope by W4SM in Louisa, VA Near-to-mid-infrared composite of NIRCam and MIRI imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope. Grayscale converted...
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