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Wide Field Camera 3: Extending Hubble's Vision, Packed with Power

When placed on the Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3 will provide unprecedented capabilities for imaging the cosmos at near-ultraviolet and at near-infrared wavelengths. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard -- the planets and other bodies of our Solar System. WFC3 extends Hubble's capability not only by seeing deeper into the universe but also by seeing simultaneously into the infrared and ultraviolet. WFC3 can, for example, simultaneously observe young, hot stars (glowing predominantly in the ultraviolet) and older, cooler stars (glowing predominantly in the infrared) in the same galaxy.    When placed on the Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3 will provide unprecedented capabilities for imaging the cosmos at near-ultraviolet and at near-infrared wavelengths. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard -- the planets and other bodies of our Solar System. WFC3 extends Hubble's capability not only by seeing deeper into the universe but also by seeing simultaneously into the infrared and ultraviolet. WFC3 can, for example, simultaneously observe young, hot stars (glowing predominantly in the ultraviolet) and older, cooler stars (glowing predominantly in the infrared) in the same galaxy.
Duration: 4.2 minutes
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Animation Number:10266
Completed:2008-06-10
Animator:Bob Sauls (Frassanito and Associates) (Lead)
Editor:Michael D. McClare (HTSI)
Producer:Michael D. McClare (HTSI)
Videographers:Vicky Weeks (HTSI)
 Stuart A. Snodgrass (HTSI)
 Michael D. McClare (HTSI)
Writer:Michael D. McClare (HTSI)
Series:Narrated Movies
 HST
 SM4
 WFC3
Goddard TV Tape:G2008-012HD -- Wide Field Camera 3: Extending Hubble's Vision, Packed with Power
Keywords:
SVS >> GSFC
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Spacecraft
SVS >> Hubble Space Telescope
SVS >> HST
SVS >> SM4
SVS >> Universe
SVS >> Servicing Mission 4
SVS >> Space Shuttle
SVS >> Atlantis
SVS >> Shuttle Bay
SVS >> WSIPE
SVS >> WFC3
SVS >> Goddard Space Flight Center
SVS >> Astronauts
SVS >> Engineers
SVS >> Aerospace
SVS >> Cleanroom
 
 
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