The James Webb Space Telescope: Canada's Crest

2012-07-12 - This crest symbolizes Canada's two contributions to the Webb, which guarantees Canada's share of observing time. The target represents the Canadian Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS), which will keep the telescope precisely aimed. The Near-InfraRed Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS), represented by the swirl, will offer unique science capabilities for finding the most distant objects, and discovering and characterizing planets in other solar systems.

The Webb telescope is a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. COM DEV built Canada's instruments, with a science and technical team led by the Université de Montréal. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)