ACS

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ACS is a high-resolution imaging instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope used for deep-space surveys and detailed astronomical observations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope instrument
astronomical imaging instrument
aboard Hubble Space Telescope
acronymFor Advanced Camera for Surveys
contributesTo dark energy studies
galaxy evolution research
precision cosmology
detectorType CCD
developedBy Ball Aerospace
surface form: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Johns Hopkins University
Goddard Space Flight Center
surface form: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
experiencedFailure electronics failure in 2007
fieldOfView High Resolution Channel
Solar Blind Channel
Wide Field Channel
fullName Advanced Camera for Surveys
hasChannel High Resolution Channel
Solar Blind Channel
Wide Field Channel
hasMode broad-band imaging
grism spectroscopy
narrow-band imaging
installationDate March 2002
installedDuring Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B
surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 3B
launchedWith Space Shuttle Columbia
locatedIn Low Earth orbit
mountedOn Hubble Space Telescope axial bay
notableObservation COSMOS survey imaging
Frontier Fields galaxy cluster lensing
Hubble Deep Field
surface form: Hubble Deep Field follow-up surveys

Hubble Ultra Deep Field
operatedBy ESA
NASA
optimizedFor deep imaging of faint distant galaxies
survey efficiency
primaryFunction deep-space surveys
detailed astronomical observations
high-resolution imaging
repairedBy Space Shuttle Atlantis crew
repairedDuring Hubble Servicing Mission 4
replacedInstrument Faint Object Camera
spectralRange near-infrared
near-ultraviolet
visible
suffersFrom radiation damage to CCDs
usedFor cosmological surveys
galaxy morphology studies
gravitational lensing studies
planetary nebula imaging
star cluster observations
supernova searches

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