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In-flight Performance of the Detectors on HST/Wide Field Camera 3Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is a powerful new imager recently installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4. WFC3 covers wavelengths from the near UV (200nm) to the near infrared (out to 1.7microns), in two channels. The UV/visible (UVIS) channel utilizes two low-noise, UV-enhanced 2Kx4K CCD detectors from e2v, while the IR channel incorporates a 1Kx1K 1.7micron cutoff HgCdTe array, custom-developed for the WFC3 program by Teledyne. We report here on the performance of the detectors in-flight as observed in this summer's Servicing Mission Orbital Verification program.
Document ID
20090031927
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Kimble, Randy
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: Detectors for Astronomy/European Southern Agency
Location: Garching
Country: Germany
Start Date: October 12, 2009
End Date: October 16, 2009
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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