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Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) JWSTsite
 

One half of NIRCam

The "optical bench" of NIRCam houses all the optical components, including mirrors and lenses. The purple arrows trace the light as it enters NIRCam and is broken into short wavelengths (blue) and long wavelengths (red) before it enters the detectors.
 

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