The James Webb Space Telescope Mission

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Nov 2010

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THE FIRST STARS AND GALAXIES: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT DECADE. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1294, pp. 1-8 (2010).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Telescopes, Galaxies, Cosmology, Infrared Detectors, Dark Matter, Astrometric And Interferometric Instruments, Galaxy Clusters, Origin And Formation Of The Universe, Charge-Coupled Devices, Image Detectors, And Ir Detector Arrays, Dark Energy

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The James Webb Space Telescope, planned to extend the scientific discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope, will be a powerful observational tool for the investigation of the first stars and galaxies. With a 6.5-m hexagonal mirror cooled to ~40 K, and an instrument package covering 0.6 to 28 μm with imaging, spectroscopy with R up to ~3000, and coronography, it will be capable of observing predicted primeval objects down to flux levels of a few nJy (10 σ) at 2 μm. Operated like the Hubble telescope from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, it will be available for general observers by proposals, to be solicited a year before launch. It has a required lifetime of 5 years and fuel for 10.

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