Astronomical Instruments
The cameras and spectrographs that gather the data.
11 entries.
NIRCam
Near-infrared camera
NIRCam is the primary near-infrared imager of the James Webb Space Telescope and its wavefront-sensing instrument.
MIRI
Mid-infrared instrument
MIRI, the Mid-Infrared Instrument on JWST, images and takes spectra of cool, dusty, and very distant objects.
NIRSpec
Near-infrared spectrograph
NIRSpec is JWST's near-infrared spectrograph, able to record spectra of hundreds of objects at once.
Wide Field Camera 3
Camera
Wide Field Camera 3 is Hubble's versatile camera, imaging from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared.
Advanced Camera for Surveys
Camera
The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a wide-field Hubble camera that produced many of the telescope's deepest survey images.
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Ultraviolet spectrograph
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph studies the ultraviolet light of faint sources to probe the gas between galaxies.
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
Spectrograph
STIS is a versatile Hubble spectrograph used for everything from exoplanet atmospheres to black-hole masses.
NIRISS
Near-infrared imager and spectrograph
NIRISS, contributed by the Canadian Space Agency, provides JWST with slitless spectroscopy and high-contrast imaging.
HIRES
Optical echelle spectrograph
HIRES on Keck I is a high-resolution optical spectrograph used in many exoplanet discoveries and studies of distant galaxies.
MUSE
Optical integral-field spectrograph
MUSE on the VLT records a spectrum at every point in its field of view, mapping the motions and composition of galaxies.
SPHERE
Exoplanet imager
SPHERE on the VLT is an extreme adaptive-optics instrument that directly images exoplanets and circumstellar discs.