Wide field camera 3: A powerful new imager for the hubble space telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

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

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCDs; Hubble space telescope; Infrared; Infrared arrays; Optical; Space instruments; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CCDS; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; INFRARED; INFRARED ARRAYS; OPTICAL; SPACE INSTRUMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET;

CAMERAS; FOCUSING; INSTRUMENTS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIXELS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SURVEYS;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 70349522462     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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