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astro-ph.IM2023★ 122 cited
The James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance
Michael W. McElwain, Lee D. Feinberg, Marshall D. Perrin +126
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared space telescope that has recently started its science program which will enable breakthroughs in astrophysics and planeta…
astro-ph.IM2022★ 47 cited
How dark the sky: the JWST backgrounds
Jane R. Rigby, Paul A. Lightsey, Macarena García Marín +17
We describe the sources of stray light and thermal background that affect JWST observations, report actual backgrounds as measured from commissioning and early-science observations…