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most citedThe Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope I. Overview of the instrument and its capabilities

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astro-ph.IM2025

Evolution of JWST Contingency Payload Operations for Mitigating NIRSpec Micro-shutter Array Electrical Shorts

Katie Bechtold, Torsten Böker, David E. Franz +6

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of four science instruments on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which began routine operations in July 2022. As JWST's p…

astro-ph.IM20242 cited

The NIRSpec Micro-Shutter Array: Operability and Operations After Two Years of JWST Science

Katie Bechtold, Torsten Böker, David E. Franz +4

The Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope affords the astronomical community an unprecedented space-based Multi-Object Spectroscopy (MOS) capabilit…

astro-ph.IM2023183 cited

In-orbit Performance of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec on the James Webb Space Telescope

T. Böker, T. L. Beck, S. M. Birkmann +47

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of the four focal plane instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope. In this paper, we summarize the in-orbit performance of NIRSp…

astro-ph.IM202286 cited

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope IV. Capabilities and predicted performance for exoplanet characterization

S. M. Birkmann, P. Ferruit, G. Giardino +31

The Near-Inrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a very versatile instrument, offering multiobject and integral field spectroscopy with varying s…

astro-ph.IM2022199 cited

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope III. Integral-field spectroscopy

T. Böker, S. Arribas, N. Lützgendorf +28

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) offers the first opportunity to use integral-field spectroscopy from space at near-infrared wavele…

astro-ph.IM2022217 cited

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope II. Multi-object spectroscopy (MOS)

P. Ferruit, P. Jakobsen, G. Giardino +30

We provide an overview of the capabilities and performance of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) when used in its multi-object spectr…