Advanced camera for the Hubble Space Telescope

Holland C. Ford; Frank Bartko; Pierre Y. Bely; Tom Broadhurst; Christopher J. Burrows; Edward S. Cheng; Mark Clampin; James H. Crocker; Paul D. Feldman; David A. Golimowski; George F. Hartig; Garth D. Illingworth; Randy A. Kimble; Michael P. Lesser; George Miley; Susan G. Neff; Marc Postman; William Brian Sparks; Zlatan I. Tsvetanov; Richard L. White; Pamela C. Sullivan; Carolyn A. Krebs; Douglas B. Leviton; Tom La Jeunesse; William Burmester; Sherri Fike; Rich Johnson; Robert B. Slusher; Paul Volmer; Robert A. Woodruff

doi:10.1117/12.324464

28 August 1998 Advanced camera for the Hubble Space Telescope

Holland C. Ford, Frank Bartko, Pierre Y. Bely, Tom Broadhurst, Christopher J. Burrows, Edward S. Cheng, Mark Clampin, James H. Crocker, Paul D. Feldman, David A. Golimowski, George F. Hartig, Garth D. Illingworth, Randy A. Kimble, Michael P. Lesser, George Miley, Susan G. Neff, Marc Postman, William Brian Sparks, Zlatan I. Tsvetanov, Richard L. White, Pamela C. Sullivan, Carolyn A. Krebs, Douglas B. Leviton, Tom La Jeunesse, William Burmester, Sherri Fike, Rich Johnson, Robert B. Slusher, Paul Volmer, Robert A. Woodruff

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Proceedings Volume 3356, Space Telescopes and Instruments V; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324464
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The Advanced Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope has three cameras. The first, the Wide Field Camera, will be a high- throughput, wide field, 4096 X 4096 pixel CCD optical and I-band camera that is half-critically sampled at 500 nm. The second, the High Resolution Camera (HRC), is a 1024 X 1024 pixel CCD camera that is critically sampled at 500 nm. The HRC has a 26 inch X 29 inch field of view and 29 percent throughput at 250 nm. The HRC optical path includes a coronagraph that will improve the HST contrast near bright objects by a factor of approximately 10 at 900 nm. The third camera, the solar-blind camera, is a far-UV, pulse-counting array that has a relatively high throughput over a 26 inch X 29 inch field of view. The advanced camera for surveys will increase HST's capability for surveys and discovery by a factor of approximately 10 at 800 nm.

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Holland C. Ford, Frank Bartko, Pierre Y. Bely, Tom Broadhurst, Christopher J. Burrows, Edward S. Cheng, Mark Clampin, James H. Crocker, Paul D. Feldman, David A. Golimowski, George F. Hartig, Garth D. Illingworth, Randy A. Kimble, Michael P. Lesser, George Miley, Susan G. Neff, Marc Postman, William Brian Sparks, Zlatan I. Tsvetanov, Richard L. White, Pamela C. Sullivan, Carolyn A. Krebs, Douglas B. Leviton, Tom La Jeunesse, William Burmester, Sherri Fike, Rich Johnson, Robert B. Slusher, Paul Volmer, and Robert A. Woodruff "Advanced camera for the Hubble Space Telescope", Proc. SPIE 3356, Space Telescopes and Instruments V, (28 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324464

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