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The on-orbit performance of WFPC2The second Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC2) was successfully installed in the Hubble Space Telescope during the STS-61 servicing mission in 1993 December. The primary objective of this new camera is to provide diffraction-limited photometric imaging over a wide field and a spectral range from 0.12 to 1.0 micrometer. Here we provide an overview of the characteristics of the new instrument and offer our perspectives based on the first 6 months of operations on-orbit.
Document ID
19950040547
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1086/187580
Authors
Trauger, John T. (Jet Propulsion Lab. Cal. Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ballester, Gilda E. (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Burrows, Christopher J. (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Casertano, Stefano (Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Clarke, John T. (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Crisp, David (Jet Propulsion Lab. Cal. Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA, United States)
Evans, Robin W. (Jet Propulsion Lab. Cal. Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gallagher, John S., III (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI United States)
Griffiths, Richard E. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Hester, J. Jeff (Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters
Volume: 435
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
ISSN: 0004-637X
Accession Number
95A72146
Distribution Limits
Public
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