WFC3/UVIS Detectors: On-orbit Performance
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WFC3 is a fourth-generation instrument installed on HST in May 2009. Designed as a panchromatic camera, it features both a UVIS and an IR channel, selectable via a channel select mechanism (CSM), allowing sequential imaging. Both detectors are performing well on-orbit and are now in standard science operations. This poster presents some of the UVIS detector highlights as well as remaining issues being addressed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012