The James Webb Space Telescope

P. Gardner, Jonathan; C. Mather, John; Clampin, Mark; Doyon, René; A. Greenhouse, Matthew; B. Hammel, Heidi; B. Hutchings, J.; Jakobsen, P.; J. Lilly, S.; S. Long, Knox; I. Lunine, J.; J. McCaughrean, M.; Mountain, Matt; Nella, John; H. Rieke, G.; Rieke, Marcia; Rix, Hans‐Walter; P. Smith, Eric; Sonneborn, G.; Stiavelli, M.; S. Stockman, H.; A. Windhorst, Rogier; Wright, Gillian

doi:10.1007/s11214-006-8315-7

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The James Webb Space Telescope

Published in Space Science Reviews • Apr 1, 2006

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Jonathan P. Gardner

John C. Mather

Mark Clampin

Abstract

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large (6.6 m), cold (<50 K), infrared (IR)-optimized space observatory that will be launched early in the next decade into orbit around the second Earth–Sun Lagrange point. The observatory will have four instruments: a near-IR camera, a near-IR multiobject ...

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James Webb Space Telescope

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