Roman Space Telescope’s coronagraph receives starlight for the first time

LSST Live says NASA’s Roman Space Telescope passed fine-guidance tests before its coronagraph observed a faint star in the Large Magellanic Cloud on September 22. The account says the instrument was still being commissioned and had not produced science images. Lifeboat News describes the observation as a step toward fine-tuning an instrument designed to block starlight and reveal planets and dusty disks around nearby stars.