Wide Field Camera 3: Seeing in Different Wavelengths (with labels)
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) allows Hubble to peer ever further into the mysteries of the cosmos — in several wavelengths. This animation shows the wide variety of features and objects WFC3 can observe at different wavelengths.
Wide Field Camera 3 potential observations at different wavelengths. (This animation displays labels for the wavelengths)
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
Greg Bacon/STScI/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Greg Bacon (STScI/Aura)
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Producer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.
Series
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[HST: WFPC2]
ID: 655Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) was installed in Dec 1993 and used to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects. This camera was removed in the last servicing mission so it is no longer in service.
This dataset can be found at: http://www.stsci.edu/hst/wfpc2/wfpc2_diag.html
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