NIRSpec

Overview

NIRSpec is JWST's near-infrared spectrograph, able to record spectra of hundreds of objects at once.

Observing bands

Knowledge connections

• Instrument onJames Webb Space Telescope
• ObservesNear-infrared
• Member of groupSpectrometer

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• ESAEuropean Space Agency

  European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.