Euclid is now at the 16th day after launch and it is in the middle of its navigation towards the L2 Lagrangian point.
Very good news are arriving from space:
- the VIS (VISible instrument) – a camera that is sensitive to visible light and will provide an accurate measurement of the distribution of matter in the universe in its various evolutionary stages – IS SUCCESSFULLY OPERATIVE
- the NISP instrument (Near Infrared Spectro-Photometer) consisting of a spectrometer and a photometer that will be responsible for taking images from the telescope and measuring the redshift of light caused by the expansion of the universe and thus the distance of galaxies – IS SUCCESSFULLY OPERATIVE
- the “grismwheel” (a combination of a prism and a grating arranged to let only a specific wavelength to pass through) – IS STABLE AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO ALIGN THE WHEEL WITH IMAGES, WHICH ARE PERFECT.
OHB Italia S.p.A. is very proud of this feedback!
The secrets of darkenergy and darkmatter are about to be solved…
Go EUCLID go!
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