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Sep 15, 2026, 9:55 PMNASA Roman Space Telescope update:
The Wide Field Instrument, with its 300-megapixel infrared camera, opened its eyes last Sunday and captured its first blurry picture of the cosmos.
The detector array is still not in its final configuration and is out of focus. The stars appear spread out over many pixels. Many other subsystems were tested before the image could be taken. The image will help the team in the alignment and calibration efforts in the coming weeks.
