Roman telescope's 300-megapixel camera activated; test image captures its first starlight
SpaceTelescope says the Wide Field Instrument is an infrared camera designed to explore wide swaths of the cosmos. Its first starlight image was taken to assess performance.
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SpaceTelescope says Roman's Wide Field Instrument, a 300-megapixel infrared camera, has been activated. A test image captured the first photons of starlight to reach the instrument as part of a performance assessment.
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