ACS Instrument Design
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) is a third generation
HST instrument and includes three channels:
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a Wide Field Channel (WFC), with a field of view of 202x202
square arcsec covering the range from 3700 to 11000 Å
and a plate-scale of 0.05 arcsec/pixel;
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a High Resolution Channel (HRC), with a field of view of
26x29 square arcsec covering the range from 2000 to 11000 Å
and a plate-scale of 0.027 arcsec/pixel;
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a Solar Blind Channel (SBC), with a field of view of
31x35 square arcsec, spanning the range from 1150 to 1700 Å
and a plate-scale of 0.032 arcsec/pixel.
The ACS Instrument
Handbook describes the characteristics of the instrument fully
and provides information on how to maximise its scientific output.
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