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Workhorse camera

Workhorse Camera

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Purpose:
Multipurpose, wide-field imaging camera and spectrograph for general astrophysics

Instrument Type:
Imager and spectrograph

Channels:
UV: 0.15–0.4 μm, Imager + grism with R = 2,000
Vis: 0.4–0.95 μm, Imager + grism with R = 2,000
NIR: 0.95–1.8 μm, Imager + grism with R = 2,000

Field of View:
3×3 arcmin²

Features:
microshutter array for multi-object spectroscopy, 2×2 array, 171×365 apertures

UV Spectrograph

UV Spectrograph

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Purpose:
High-resolution, UV spectroscopy for general astrophysics

Instrument Type:
High-resolution spectrograph

Channels:
UV: 0.115–0.3 μm (20 bands),
R = 60,000; 25,000; 12,000;
6,000; 3,000; 1,000; 500

Field of View:
3×3 arcmin²

Features:
microshutter array for multi-object spectroscopy, 2×2 array, 171×365 apertures

Coronagraph

Coronagraph

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Purpose:
Exoplanet imaging and characterization

Instrument Type:
Vortex charge 6 coronagraph with:
- Raw contrast: 1×10⁻¹⁰ at IWA
- Δmag limit = 26.0
- 20% instantaneous bandwidth
Imager and spectrograph

Channels:
Vis, Blue: 0.45–0.67 μm, Imager + IFS with R = 140
Vis, Red: 0.67–1.0 μm, Imager + IFS with R = 140
NIR: 0.975–1.8 μm, Imager + slit spectrograph with R = 40

Field of View:
FOV: 1.5 x 1.5 arcsec2 @ 0.5 μm
IWA: 2.4 λ/D = 62 mas @ 0.5 μm
OWA: 0.74 arcsec @ 0.5 μm

Features:
64×64 deformable mirrors (2)
Low-order wavefront sensing & control

Starshade

Starshade

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Purpose:
Exoplanet imaging and characterization

Instrument Type:
72 m dia starshade occulter with:
- 124,000 km separation
- Raw contrast: 1×10⁻¹⁰ at IWA
- Δmag limit = 26.0
- 107% instantaneous bandwidth Imager and spectrograph

Channels:
UV: 0.2–0.45 μm, Imager + grism with R = 7
Vis: 0.45–1.0 μm, Imager + IFS with R = 140
NIR: 0.975–1.8 μm, Imager + IFS with R = 40

Field of View:
FOV: 11.9 x 11.9 arcsec² (Vis)
IWA: 60 mas (0.3-1.0 μm)
OWA: 6 arcsec (Vis)

Features:
Formation flying sensing & control



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Who To Contact

For Science, Press please contact:
Scott Gaudi: gaudi.1@osu.edu
Sara Seager: seager@mit.edu
Bertrand Mennesson: Bertrand.Mennesson@jpl.nasa.gov