Brian Hicks and the Visible Nulling Coronagraph (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Brian Hicks and the Visible Nulling Coronagraph

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Brian Hicks stands next to the latest incarnation of the Visible Nulling Coronagraph that improves the spectral performance of the potentially groundbreaking instrument for detecting and characterizing exoplanets. The vacuum chamber is seen behind the breadboard design.

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Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk

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