18 Roman Detectors (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

18 Roman Detectors

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This photo shows 18 of Roman's detectors mounted in an engineering test unit of the mission's focal plane array. The focal plane array will be incorporated into Roman's Wide Field Instrument - a 300-megapixel camera that will capture enormous images of the cosmos.

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NASA/Chris Gunn

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