Wide Field Camera 3

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Hubble Space Telescope instrument astronomical imaging camera space telescope instrument

Wide Field Camera 3 is a versatile imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captures high-resolution observations across ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths.

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Label Occurrences
Wide Field Camera 3 canonical 13
WFC3 1
WFC3 IR channel 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope instrument ⓘ
astronomical imaging camera ⓘ
space telescope instrument ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
surface form: WFC3
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedFor high sensitivity in near-infrared ⓘ
wide-field imaging ⓘ
detectorType IR channel: HgCdTe array ⓘ
UVIS channel: CCD ⓘ
developedBy Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
fieldOfView approximately 123 by 136 arcseconds (IR) ⓘ
approximately 160 by 160 arcseconds (UVIS) ⓘ
hasChannel IR channel ⓘ
UVIS channel ⓘ
hasFilterWheel IR filter wheel ⓘ
UVIS filter wheels ⓘ
hasGrism IR G102 grism ⓘ
IR G141 grism ⓘ
UVIS G280 grism ⓘ
installationDate 2009-05-14 ⓘ
installedDuringMission STS-125 ⓘ
surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 4

STS-125 ⓘ
launchDate 2009-05-11 ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
locatedIn low Earth orbit ⓘ
notableProgram CANDELS survey ⓘ
Hubble Ultra Deep Field follow-up observations ⓘ
PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
Space Telescope Science Institute ⓘ
partOf Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
pixelScale 0.04 arcseconds per pixel (UVIS) ⓘ
0.13 arcseconds per pixel (IR) ⓘ
primaryScienceUse cosmology ⓘ
deep field imaging ⓘ
exoplanet transit observations ⓘ
galaxy evolution studies ⓘ
star formation studies ⓘ
supernova observations ⓘ
replaced Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ
successorTo Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ
supportsMode broadband imaging ⓘ
grism spectroscopy ⓘ
narrowband imaging ⓘ
telescopeFocalPlanePosition axial instrument bay ⓘ
wavelengthCoverage near-infrared ⓘ
ultraviolet ⓘ
visible ⓘ

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Hubble Space Telescope → hasInstrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
Wide Field Camera 3 → alsoKnownAs → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
this entity surface form: WFC3
STS-125 → installedInstrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 → replacedBy → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
Kerberos → discoveryInstrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
IR G102 grism → partOf → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
IR G102 grism → partOf → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
this entity surface form: WFC3 IR channel
IR G102 grism → instrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
CANDELS survey → instrumentUsed → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) → instrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
subject surface form: PHAT
Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer → successorInstrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wide Field Camera 3 infrared channel
Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors → supportsInstrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
Servicing Mission 4 → carriedInstrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → include → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → fourthGenerationInstruments → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ
Hubble Servicing Mission 4 → installedInstrument → Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ