Overview of James Webb Space Telescope and NIRCam's role

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5904, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Rieke, Marcia J ^a   Kelly, Douglas ^a   Horner, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

James Webb Space Telescope; JWST; Near infrared; NIRCam

Indexed keywords

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE; JWST; NEAR-INFRARED; NIRCAM;

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 29844433451     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.615554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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