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    Microshutters for JWST

    Date: 30 Jun 2010
    Satellite: JWST
    Depicts: Microshutters for NIRSpec
    Copyright: NASA/Chris Gunn

    An array of microshutters, about the size of a postage stamp. Each array contains over 62,000 individual shutters. Individually, each microshutter measures 100 by 200 microns, or about the width of a human hair.


    Last Update: 30 Jun 2010

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