High Resolution Channel

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The High Resolution Channel is a component of the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys designed to capture extremely detailed images of small or distant astronomical objects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope instrument channel
abbreviation HRC NERFINISHED
builtBy Ball Aerospace NERFINISHED
builtFor Space Telescope Science Institute NERFINISHED
commissionedBy NASA NERFINISHED
deactivatedIn 2007
designedFor distant astronomical objects
high-resolution imaging
small astronomical objects
enables detailed morphology studies of compact galaxies
high-contrast imaging near bright stars
hasAperture coronagraphic masks
hasCapability coronagraphic imaging
high spatial resolution imaging
imaging of bright sources near faint companions
hasDetectorFormat 1024 by 1024 pixels
hasFieldOfView approximately 29 arcseconds by 26 arcseconds
hasInstrument coronagraphic occulting spots
filter wheel
hasPixelScale approximately 0.025 arcseconds per pixel
installedOn Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 3B NERFINISHED
locatedOn Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
noLongerUsedForScience true
optimizedFor near-infrared wavelengths
near-ultraviolet wavelengths
optical wavelengths
orbitType low Earth orbit via Hubble Space Telescope
partOf Advanced Camera for Surveys NERFINISHED
Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
scienceOperationsManagedBy Space Telescope Science Institute NERFINISHED
sharesInstrumentWith Solar Blind Channel NERFINISHED
Wide Field Channel NERFINISHED
status non-operational
sufferedFailure 2007 electronics anomaly
electronics failure
supportsMode broad-band imaging
narrow-band imaging
polarimetric imaging
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien optical system of Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
usedFor precision astrometry
studies of active galactic nuclei
studies of gravitational lenses
studies of protoplanetary disks
studies of resolved stellar populations
studies of star clusters
uses CCD
charge-coupled device detector

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Wide Field Channel coexistsWith High Resolution Channel
ACS fieldOfView High Resolution Channel
ACS hasChannel High Resolution Channel