The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope -- Status and Plans
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Javier Sánchez(Space Telescope Science Institute)
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Europe/Madrid
Sala Maria de Maeztu (Edificio 2) (Aulas)
Sala Maria de Maeztu (Edificio 2)
Aulas
Descripción
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, previously known as WFIRST, is NASA's next flagship mission. Slated to be launch-ready in October 2026, it plans to map the sky in the infrared with Hubble-like resolution, but 100-times larger field-of-view. Roman is planned as a survey telescope, having about 75% of its observing time allocated to the so-called Core Community Surveys, and about 25% to General Astrophysics observations. In this talk, I will go over Roman's main instruments and scientific goals. I will also give some details about the status of the instrument after its second thermal vacuum campaign, and updates about the Core Community survey definition process. Finally, I will also mention potential synergies with other Stage IV dark energy experiments, opening an exciting era in cosmology.
