Filters

NIRCam filter transmission functions: Wide filters Medium filters

Filter Wheel Layout | Wavelength Coverage

Name	Center	lambda 1	lambda 2	Bandpass	Location	%T	Use
F070W	0.6950	0.6103	0.7797	0.1695	SW-Filt	0.910	general purpose
F090W	0.8989	0.7931	1.0046	0.2115	SW-Filt	0.948	general purpose
F115W	1.1457	1.0102	1.2812	0.2709	SW-Filt	0.864	general purpose
F150W	1.5002	1.3313	1.6690	0.3377	SW-Filt	0.941	general purpose
F150W2	1.5000	1.0000	2.0000	1.0000	SW-Filt	~0.8	DHS blocking
F200W	1.9909	1.7544	2.2274	0.473	SW-Filt	0.969	general purpose
F277W	2.7834	2.4311	3.1356	0.7045	LW-Filt	0.900	general purpose
F322W2	3.2262	2.4342	4.0182	1.5840	LW-Filt	0.908	background min.
F356W	3.5544	3.1379	3.9709	0.8331	LW-Filt	0.945	general purpose
F444W	4.4343	3.8833	4.9943	1.1199	LW-Filt	0.901	general purpose
F140M	1.4040	1.3300	1.4787	0.1486	SW-Filt	0.941	cool stars, steam
F162M	1.6268	1.5415	1.7121	0.1706	SW-Pup	0.972*	cool stars, off-band for steam
F182M	1.8436	1.7214	1.9657	0.2442	SW-Filt	0.966	cool stars, steam
F210M	2.0937	1.9906	2.1968	0.2062	SW-Filt	0.965	methane
F250M	2.5035	2.4123	2.5946	0.1823	LW-Filt	0.868	methane
F300M	2.9927	2.8312	3.1542	0.3230	LW-Filt	0.905	water ice
F335M	3.3585	3.1828	3.5343	0.3515	LW-Filt	0.900	PAH
F360M	3.6170	3.4238	3.8102	0.3864	LW-Filt	0.879	brown dwarfs, planets
F410M	4.0918	3.8782	4.3054	0.4272	LW-Filt	0.881	brown dwarfs, planets
F430M	4.2816	4.1645	4.3986	0.2342	LW-Filt	0.861	carbon dioxide
F460M	4.6272	4.5113	4.7432	0.2319	LW-Filt	0.762	CO
F480M	4.8024	4.6564	4.9484	0.2921	LW-Filt	0.778	brown dwarfs, planets
F164N	1.6442	1.6352	1.6531	0.0179	SW-Pup	0.809*	[Fe-II]
F187N	1.8747	1.8642	1.8852	0.0210	SW-Filt	0.802	P-alpha
F212N	2.1209	2.1102	2.1315	0.0213	SW-Filt	0.804	molecular hydrogen
F323N	3.2361	3.2167	3.2556	0.0390	LW-Pup	0.709*	molecular hydrogen
F405N	4.0503	4.0279	4.0728	0.0449	LW-Pup	0.744*	Br-alpha
F466N	4.6548	4.6290	4.6805	0.0516	LW-Pup	0.688*	CO
F470N	4.7080	4.6838	4.7321	0.0483	LW-Pup	0.646*	molecular hydrogen

Wavelengths in microns

* Filter must be used in series with another filter; transmission is for this filter only.