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The #NISP team has completed #commissioning of the second of #ESAEuclid's instruments. ✅ NISP is the "Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer"🌈, working in parallel to #VIS. NISP is working fine! Another big step for the mission! 🎉
An intro to NISP:
👉 https://www.euclid-ec.org/public/mission/nisp
Next up in commissioning: more than a week of focussing 🔭 and secondary mirror 🪞alignment - essential to get science-quality images.
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#ESAEuclid has not yet been focussed, meaning that the secondary mirror ("M2") is in its safe position for launch and images would still be blurry 🔍. Focussing will take more than a week starting coming Monday.
Meanwhile the #VIS team has completed instrument #commissioning. ✅
All working well, both in space as well as on ground, some minor things are being investigated. A big step! 🎉An intro to VIS:
👉 https://www.euclid-ec.org/public/mission/vis/
Next up: the #NISP instrument
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Update on #ESAEuclid #commissioning: while the whole spacecraft 🛰️ continues to cool down, the #VIS instrument checked out its electronics, shutter, and calibration lamp 💡 and they all react as expected. The #NISP instrument has rotated its filter and grism wheels 🎡 successfully.
Next up is full VIS & NISP commissioning, before the telescope 🔭 optics will undergo a week of alignment & focussing.