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    The NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) is one of the four scientific instruments flown on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST is the follow-on...
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    Survey (JADES) on 29 September 2022. Spectroscopic observations by JWST's NIRSpec instrument in October 2022 confirmed the galaxy's redshift of z = 13.2...
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    the hydrological cycle in the atmosphere of WISE 0855 with NIRSpec. Observations with NIRSpec detected methane (CH4), water vapor (H2O), ammonia (NH3) and...
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    transit information. On August 31, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRSpec instrument captured the exoplanet with just two transit observations and...
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    Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during NIRCam imaging for the JWST Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam Observations before the Epoch of Reionization (UNCOVER) project...
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    with Pierre Ferruit (École normale supérieure de Lyon) as NIRSpec project scientist. The NIRSpec design provides three observing modes: a low-resolution...
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    measurements of the star in 2011 using the Near Infrared Spectrometer (NIRSPEC) instrument at the Keck II observatory did not reveal any variations that...
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    the galaxy was observed with the JWST camera NIRCam and spectrograph NIRSpec/MSA as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), which...
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    inferred from emission lines of hydrogen and helium in medium-resolution NIRSpec data. Surprisingly 2M1207b does not show absorption due to methane, which...
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    installed in ISIM. March 2014: NIRCam installed in ISIM 24–25 March 2014: NIRSpec integrated into ISIM. June 2014: first combined test of all four instruments...
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    1051/0004-6361/201935460. S2CID 189999121. Tanner, Angelle; et al. (November 2012). "Keck NIRSPEC Radial Velocity Observations of Late-M Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal...
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    Bibcode:2003tmc..book.....C Tanner, Angelle; et al. (November 2012), "Keck NIRSPEC Radial Velocity Observations of Late-M Dwarfs", The Astrophysical Journal...
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    Subsequent spectroscopic observations by the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) confirmed a redshift value of 13.2, establishing it as the current earliest...
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    Principal Optical Designer for the Near Infrared Echelle Spectrograph (NIRSpec) for the Keck II Telescope while at UCLA. He and his team used this instrument...
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    2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016. Bunker, Andrew J.; et al. (2023). "JADES NIRSpec Spectroscopy of GN-z11: Lyman- α emission and possible enhanced nitrogen...
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  • galaxy JADES-GS-z13-0 Fornax z=13.2 Spectroscopic observations by JWST's NIRSpec instrument in December 2022 confirmed the galaxy's redshift of z = 13.2...
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    James Webb Space Telescope contains both a near-infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec) and a mid-infrared spectrograph (MIRI). An Echelle spectrograph uses two...
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    et al. (2023), "Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM", Nature, 614 (7949): 659–663, arXiv:2211.10487, Bibcode:2023Natur...
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    provides simultaneous coverage of wavelengths from 0.94 to 2.45 microns. NIRSPEC The Near Infrared Spectrometer studies very high redshift radio galaxies...
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    Bingjie; et al. (2023-11-13). "UNCOVER: Illuminating the Early Universe—JWST/NIRSpec Confirmation of z > 12 Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 957...
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    ; Protopapa, S.; Holler, B. J.; Cook, J. C.; et al. (June 2023). JWST NIRSpec Spectrum of Eris: Methane, Deuterated Methane, and Nitrogen (PDF). Asteroids...
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  • Chabrier, G.; Manjavacas, E.; Parker, R. J.; Valenti, J. (2023-12-05). "JWST/NIRSpec Observations of the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf*". The Astronomical Journal...
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    (23 October 2023). "Detection of the infrared aurora at Uranus with Keck-NIRSPEC". Nature Astronomy. 7 (12): 1473–1480. arXiv:2311.06172. Bibcode:2023NatAs...
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  • Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Solar Orbiter Ulysses Venus Express XMM-Newton NIRSpec European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) Galileo Astrium...
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    CEERS teams followed up their high-redshift candidates with observatory’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument to measure precise, spectroscopic...
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    has media related to Webb's First Deep Field. "Webb's First Deep Field (NIRSpec MSA Emission Spectra)". WebbTelescope.org. Retrieved 14 July 2022. Overbye...
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    scientists were instrumental in the construction of three instruments (NIRSpec, MIRI and NIRISS) for the project, and will be involved in the analysis...
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    from 1997 to 1999 and from 2002 to 2008. The James Webb Space Telescope's NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument is a multi-object spectrometer...
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    ; Lützgendorf, N.; Rauscher, B. J.; Sirianni, M. (1 June 2023). "JWST/NIRSpec Observations of the Planetary Mass Companion TWA 27B". The Astrophysical...
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    instruments: Near-Infrared Camera, or NIRCam Near-Infrared Spectrograph, or NIRSpec. Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI Fine Guidance Sensor/ Near InfraRed Imager...
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