On-orbit performance of the HST Wide Field Camera 3

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7731, Issue , 2010, 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

CALIBRATION ACCURACY; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE; SCIENCE PROGRAMS; SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE; SERVICING MISSION 4; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING; WFC3; WIDE FIELD CAMERAS;

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 77956206871     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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