Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
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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.
Aliases (3)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hubble Space Telescope instrument
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astronomical imaging instrument → space telescope camera → |
| abbreviation |
WFPC2
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| associatedWithProgram |
Hubble Space Telescope program
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| commissioningDate |
1994
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| contains |
built-in corrective optics
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| correctsFor |
Hubble primary mirror spherical aberration
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| currentLocation |
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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| deactivationDate |
2009
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| deployedOn |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
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| developedBy |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| displayedAt |
National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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| fieldOfView |
approximately 2.5 by 2.5 arcminutes for wide field chips
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| hasChannel |
planetary camera channel
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wide field channel → |
| hasFilterWheel |
yes
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| height |
approximately 2 meters
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| installationDate |
1993-12
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| installedDuringMission |
STS-61
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| launchVehicle |
Space Shuttle Endeavour
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| length |
approximately 2 meters
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| manufacturer |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| mass |
approximately 280 kilograms
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| notableFor |
detailed imaging of planetary atmospheres
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high-resolution imaging of distant galaxies → observations of star-forming regions → producing many of Hubble Space Telescope’s iconic images → |
| numberOfCCDs |
4
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| numberOfFilters |
approximately 48
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| operator |
NASA
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| partOf |
Hubble Space Telescope
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| pixelArray |
800 by 800 pixels per CCD
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| primaryScienceRole |
imaging of astronomical objects
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| removalDate |
2009-05
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| removedDuringMission |
STS-125
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| replaced |
Wide Field and Planetary Camera
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| replacedBy |
Wide Field Camera 3
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| spectralRange |
near-ultraviolet to near-infrared
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| status |
retired
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| usedFor |
cosmological distance scale measurements
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galaxy morphology studies → planetary science → stellar population studies → supernova observations → |
| usesDetector |
charge-coupled device
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| wavelengthCoverage |
approximately 115 to 1000 nanometers
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| width |
approximately 1 meter
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Wide Field Camera 3
→
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ("Wide Field and Planetary Camera") → |
replaced |
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Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
("WFPC2")
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|
abbreviation |
|
Hubble Space Telescope
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hasInstrument |
|
STS-61
("Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)")
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payload |
|
Hubble Space Telescope
("Wide Field and Planetary Camera")
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previousInstrument |
|
Wide Field Camera 3
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successorTo |