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The Instruments section contains documentation for how to use the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The WFI Imaging Mode User Guide is relevant for a user planning for or analyzing WFI image data and is maintained by the Roman Science Operations Center at STScI. The WFI Spectroscopic Mode User Guide is developed and maintained by the Roman Science Support Center at IPAC.
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Wide Field Instrument (WFI) can be operated in imaging or spectroscopic mode. The documentation for WFI in imaging mode is maintained by the Roman Science Operations Center at STScI, whereas the documentation for WFI in spectroscopic mode is maintained by the Roman Science Support Center at IPAC. Below, the Photographs of the Roman Instrument provides a sense of WFI.
The following documentation for Roman instruments is available on RDox:
- Visit the WFI Imaging Mode User Guide documentation page to learn more about WFI imaging mode. The Table of Contents for this User Guide is given below.
- Please anticipate links to the WFI spectroscopic mode documentation in the future organized by our partners at IPAC.
Photographs of the Roman Instrument
Photographs of the Roman's Instrument that is still ongoing development and testing. On the left is a photograph of the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) after having arrived in a cleanroom at Ball Aerospace; instrument technicians on the far right are using the controls to remove the lifting hardware from the instrument (Image Credit: Ball Aerospace; Link to Original). On the right, NASA's Goddard WFI team members and the Ball Aerospace integration and test team pose with the WFI as its sub-components were installed at Ball Aerospace (Image Credit: Ball Aerospace; Link to Original).
Instrument User Guides Table of Contents
Below is a listing of the articles in the Instrument User Guide that are currently published in RDox.
Under Construction
The WFI Imaging Mode User Guide is currently being developed and written. Please note that some topics are not yet available, and that some details will change during ground testing and commissioning.
For additional questions not answered in this article, please contact the Roman Help Desk at STScI.