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Geometry of the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field/Planetary Camera fieldWe present a solution for the relative positions and orientations of the four charge coupled device (CCD) chips on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Planetary Camera (PC). An accurate solution is required when matching HST images with ground-based images or with one another. The solution is accurate to about 2/3 PC pixel or about .03 sec, a tenfold improvement over the best previous solution. The CCDs are rotated relative to one another by up to 1 deg. The solution is based on images taken between December 1990 and June 1992 and is stable over that entire period. We also present a solution for the relative positions and orientations of the four CCD chips on the HST Wide Field Camera (WFC). This solution is accurate to about 1/2 WFC pixel or about .05 sec.
Document ID
19950030892
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Gould, Andrew
(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ United States)
Yanny, Brian
(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume: 106
Issue: 695
ISSN: 0004-6280
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
95A62491
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-26555
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-92-45317
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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