# Roman Coronagraph Focal Plane Mask

![Roman Coronagraph Focal Plane Mask](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA25438/PIA25438~large.jpg)

- Released: December 21, 2022
- Category: infographics
- Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech · JPL
- NASA source: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA25438
- Page: https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/lPIA25438/roman-coronagraph-focal-plane-mask/

The focal plane mask for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, shown here, is one of the components used to suppress starlight and reveal planets orbiting a star. Each circular section contains multiple "masks" – carefully engineered, opaque obstructions designed to block starlight. Some masks are about the width of a human hair. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25438