THE ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE OF WFPC2

Authors
TRAUGER JT BALLESTER GE BURROWS CJ CASERTANO S CLARKE JT CRISP D EVANS RW GALLAGHER JS GRIFFITHS RE HESTER JJ HOESSEL JG HOLTZMAN JA KRIST JE MOULD JR SCOWEN PA STAPELFELDT KR WATSON AM WESTPHAL JA
Citation
Jt. Trauger et al., THE ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE OF WFPC2, The Astrophysical journal, 435(1), 1994, pp. 120000003-120000006
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
435
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
120000003 - 120000006
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1994)435:1<120000003:TOPOW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The second Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC2) was successfully in stalled in the Hubble Space Telescope during the STS-61 servicing miss ion in 1993 December. The primary objective of this new camera is to p rovide diffraction-limited photometric imaging over a wide field and a spectral range from 0.12 to 1.0 mum. Here we provide an overview of t he characteristics of the new instrument and offer our perspectives ba sed on the first 6 months of operations on-orbit.