Abstract
In June 1997, NASA made the decision to extend the end of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mission from 2005 until 2010. As a result, the age of the instruments on board the HST became a consideration. After careful study, NASA decided to ensure the imaging capabilities of the HST by replacing the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) with a low-cost facility instrument, the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). This paper provides an overview of the scientific goals and capabilities of the instrument.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 367-373 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 4013 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Event | UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments - Munich, Ger Duration: Mar 29 2000 → Mar 31 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering