Instrumentation

ESA's Euclid milestone achieved

The NISP includes the filter wheel (FWA), a critical element that has been designed, built, assembled and verified by the Barcelona team, a group made up of the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) and the Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - Institute of Space Science (IEEC-ICE-CSIC).

Euclid's filter Wheel Render Assembly
Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) installed in the Pay Load Module of Euclid's Flight Model Credit: ESA / Airbus
Euclid's filter Wheel Render Assembly

Latest Group News

Instrument test

Rubin Observatory’s Test Camera Captures First Light

October 31, 2024

The Rubin Observatory, also known as LSST, has achieved first light with its commissioning camera, marking a major milestone for the project

Images Release

Euclid Releases 208-Gigapixel Mosaic

October 17, 2024

The release was done at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan

New Publication

New Cosmology group publication

October 17, 2024

William d’Assignies D. from the Observational Cosmology group at IFAE is a co-author