NIRCam
The Near-Infrared Camera aboard the James Webb Space Telescope, capable of capturing high-resolution images in the near-infrared spectrum. NIRCam has been instrumental in studying star formation in regions like NGC 346.
Source: nasa.gov
APODs including "NIRCam"
Merging Galaxy Pair IIZw096
02/12/2022
Bright at infrared wavelengths, this merging galaxy pair is some 500 million light-years away toward the constellation Delphinus. The cosmic mashup is seen against a background of even more distant galaxies, and occasional spiky foreground stars. But the galaxy merger itself spans about 100,000 light-years in this deep James Webb Space Telescope image. The image data is from Webb's Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI). Their combined, sharp infrared view follows galactic scale restructuring in the dusty merger's wild jumble of intense star forming regions and distorted spiral arms