Credit: NASA, STScI, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington)
A simulated image of part of the Andromeda galaxy highlights the high resolution, wide field of view, and unique footprint of NASA’s upcoming Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). The image represents the data that could be collected in a single pointing using WFIRST’s 18-detector, 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument. WFIRST will have 100 times the field of view as Hubble, and the same resolution as Hubble in the infrared.