Wide field camera 3: Science capabilities and plans for flight operation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  MacKenty, John W ^a   Kimble, Randy A ^b   O'Connell, Robert W ^c   Townsend, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hubble space telescope; Infrared imaging; Servicing mission 4; Ultraviolet imaging; WFC3

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT OPERATION; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; IMAGING INSTRUMENTS; NEAR ULTRAVIOLET; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; ON-ORBIT TESTING; SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE; SERVICING MISSION 4; SERVICING MISSIONS; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING; WFC3; WIDE FIELD CAMERAS;

CAMERAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 70349500564     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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