Wide Field Camera 3: Seeing in Different Wavelengths (with labels)
Released on May 20, 2008
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) allows Hubble to peer ever further into the mysteries of the cosmos — in several wavelengths. This animation shows the wide variety of features and objects WFC3 can observe at different wavelengths.
Please give credit for this item to: Greg Bacon/STScI/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Data Used:
HST/WFPC2
Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) was installed in Dec 1993 and used to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects. This camera was removed in the last servicing mission so it is no longer in service.