IR G102 grism

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The IR G102 grism is an infrared dispersive element on the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 used for low-resolution slitless spectroscopy over near-infrared wavelengths.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
IR G102 grism canonical 1
WFC3 IR G141 grism 1
WFC3/IR G102 grism mode 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope instrument component
dispersive element
infrared grism
associatedCalibration WFC3 IR flat fields
sensitivity curve
wavelength dispersion solution
centralWavelength approximately 1.0 micrometer
channel IR channel
complementaryTo IR G102 grism self-linksurface differs
surface form: WFC3 IR G141 grism
dataProduct 1D extracted spectra
2D slitless spectra
detectorType HgCdTe infrared array (via WFC3 IR detector)
dispersionDirection approximately along detector x-axis
enables simultaneous spectroscopy of multiple objects in the field
instrument Wide Field Camera 3
launchContext available since installation of WFC3 in 2009
locatedOn Hubble Space Telescope
modeType slitless
mountedIn WFC3 IR filter wheel
observatory Hubble Space Telescope
observingMode IR G102 grism self-linksurface differs
surface form: WFC3/IR G102 grism mode
operatedBy Space Telescope Science Institute
operatedIn space environment
optimizedFor 0.8–1.1 micron spectroscopy
partOf Wide Field Camera 3
surface form: WFC3 IR channel

Wide Field Camera 3
requires direct imaging for wavelength calibration
scienceApplications brown dwarf spectroscopy
emission-line galaxy studies
exoplanet transit spectroscopy
extragalactic astronomy
galaxy redshift surveys
stellar population studies
supernova spectroscopy
spectralRange near-infrared
spectralResolution low
telescope Hubble Space Telescope
typicalUse deep field slitless spectroscopy
survey-mode spectroscopy of faint sources
usedFor low-resolution spectroscopy
near-infrared spectroscopy
slitless spectroscopy
usedIn 3D-HST survey
CANDELS survey
surface form: CANDELS survey spectroscopy

HST Cycle observing programs
Hubble Frontier Fields programs
wavelengthCoverage approximately 0.8 to 1.15 micrometers

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wide Field Camera 3 hasGrism IR G102 grism
IR G102 grism observingMode IR G102 grism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: WFC3/IR G102 grism mode
IR G102 grism complementaryTo IR G102 grism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: WFC3 IR G141 grism