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Roman Coronagraph Focal Plane Mask
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About this work
The focal plane mask for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, shown here, is one of the components used to suppress starlight and reveal planets orbiting a star. Each circular section contains multiple "masks" – carefully engineered, opaque obstructions designed to block starlight. Some masks are about the width of a human hair.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineRoman Coronagraph Focal Plane Mask. NASA/JPL, 2022-12-21. Public domain. ID: PIA25438.
