Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2

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Hubble Space Telescope instrument astronomical imaging instrument space telescope camera

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 was a key imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captured many of its most iconic and scientifically important space photographs from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 canonical	7
Wide Field and Planetary Camera	5
WFPC2	2
WFPC1	1
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hubble Space Telescope instrument ⓘ astronomical imaging instrument ⓘ space telescope camera ⓘ
abbreviation	Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WFPC2
associatedWithProgram	Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ surface form: Hubble Space Telescope program
commissioningDate	1994 ⓘ
contains	built-in corrective optics ⓘ
correctsFor	Hubble primary mirror spherical aberration ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentLocation	National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
deactivationDate	2009 ⓘ
deployedOn	Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 ⓘ
developedBy	Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
displayedAt	Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ⓘ surface form: National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
fieldOfView	approximately 2.5 by 2.5 arcminutes for wide field chips ⓘ
hasChannel	planetary camera channel ⓘ wide field channel ⓘ
hasFilterWheel	yes ⓘ
height	approximately 2 meters ⓘ
installationDate	1993-12 ⓘ
installedDuringMission	STS-61 ⓘ
launchVehicle	Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
length	approximately 2 meters ⓘ
manufacturer	Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
mass	approximately 280 kilograms ⓘ
notableFor	detailed imaging of planetary atmospheres ⓘ high-resolution imaging of distant galaxies ⓘ observations of star-forming regions ⓘ producing many of Hubble Space Telescope’s iconic images ⓘ
numberOfCCDs	4 ⓘ
numberOfFilters	approximately 48 ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
partOf	Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
pixelArray	800 by 800 pixels per CCD ⓘ
primaryScienceRole	imaging of astronomical objects ⓘ
removalDate	2009-05 ⓘ
removedDuringMission	STS-125 ⓘ
replaced	Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera
replacedBy	Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
spectralRange	near-ultraviolet to near-infrared ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
usedFor	cosmological distance scale measurements ⓘ galaxy morphology studies ⓘ planetary science ⓘ stellar population studies ⓘ supernova observations ⓘ
usesDetector	charge-coupled device ⓘ
wavelengthCoverage	approximately 115 to 1000 nanometers ⓘ
width	approximately 1 meter ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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Hubble Space Telescope → hasInstrument → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope → previousInstrument → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera

STS-61 → payload → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)

Wide Field Camera 3 → replaced → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

Wide Field Camera 3 → successorTo → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 → abbreviation → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WFPC2

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 → replaced → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera

Servicing Mission 4 → replacedInstrument → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 → installedInstrument → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: WFPC2

Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 → replacedInstrument → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera

Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 → replacedInstrument → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: WFPC1

Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → include → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera

Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → include → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → firstGenerationInstruments → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera

Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → secondGenerationInstruments → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ