Wide Field Camera 3 is alive and open for business!!

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Astronauts and the entire STS-125 team, and a dedicated team of scientists, engineers, and instrument analysts, and over a decade of planning, building and testing, WFC3 is now performing its science mission.

		Late Breaking News
		WFC3 STATUS: The UVIS and IR channels are operating nominally [11/11/2009] Important changes to CALWF3 IR processing [09/23/2009] Why are my DRZ images empty? [09/23/2009] The September WFC3 Space Telescope Analysis Newsletter (STAN) is available here [09/18/2009] UVIS and IR pixel area maps are available [09/09/2009] A summary of WFC3's overall performance and observational capabilities is available here [09/09/2009] A Summary of WFC3 SMOV activities is available here [09/09/2009] Tables of measured photometric zeropoints for the UVIS and IR channels are available [09/09/2009] New UVIS and IR Instrument Distortion Coefficient tables (IDCTABs) are available [09/09/2009] An on-orbit UVIS unbinned bias file is available [07/17/2009] Instructions on how to obtain example (i.e. non-flight) UVIS and IR data sets are available [04/29/2009] WFC3 IR Fowler Sampling Will Not Be Calibrated During Cycle 17

		Documents added in the last 45 days
		ISR 2009-32: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11549: Image Stability T. M. Brown 19 Nov 2009 (Pdf 435 Kb) ISR 2009-18: WFC3 SMOV proposal 11552: Calibration of the G102 grism Kuntschner et al. 19 Nov 2009 (Pdf 1765 Kb) ISR 2009-16: WFC3 SMOV Proposals 11419, 11426, 11431, and 11446: On-Orbit Darks Borders & Baggett 19 Nov 2009 (Pdf 2929 Kb) ISR 2009-17: WFC3 SMOV proposal 11552: Calibration of the G141 grism Kuntschner et al. 19 Nov 2009 (Pdf 1633 Kb) ISR 2009-26: WFC3 SMOV Proposals 11419,11426,11431, and 11448: On-Orbit Biases T. Borders, S. Baggett 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 1189 Kb) ISR 2009-19: WFC3 SMOV PROGRAM 11452: UVIS Flat Field Uniformity E.Sabbi 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 2393 Kb) ISR 2009-34: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11445 - IR Geometric Distortion Calibration V. Kozhurina-Platais, et al. 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 10025 Kb) ISR 2009-15: WFC3 SMOV program 11454: Activation Test L. Petro 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 2518 Kb) ISR 2009-33: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11444 - UVIS Geometric Distortion Calibration V. Kozhurina-Platais, et al. 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 40825 Kb) ISR 2009-20: WFC3 SMOV Program 11798: UVIS PSF Core Modulation E. Sabbi 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 165 Kb) ISR 2009-31: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11450: The Photometric Performance and Calibration of WFC3/UVIS J.S. Kalirai, et al. 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 1019 Kb) ISR 2009-28: WFC3 SMOV Proposals 11423/ 11543: IR FSM and Lamp Checks S. Baggett 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 611 Kb) ISR 2009-23: WFC3 SMOV Program 11420: IR Channel Functional Tests B.Hilbert, P.R. McCullough 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 4146 Kb) ISR 2009-29: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11419: UVIS Gain S. Baggett, T. Borders 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 157 Kb) ISR 2009-27: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11422/ 11529: UVIS SOFA and Lamp Checks S. Baggett, E. Sabbi, P. McCullough 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 2409 Kb) ISR 2009-30: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11451: The Photometric Performance and Calibration of WFC3/IR J.S. Kalirai, et al. 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 521 Kb) ISR 2009-35: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11442: Alignment of the WFC3/UVIS Apertures to the FGS Coordinate Frame L. Dressel, C. Cox, M. Lallo 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 74 Kb) ISR 2009-36: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11443: Alignment of the WFC3/IR Apertures to the FGS Coordinate Frame L. Dressel, C. Cox, M. Lallo 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 49 Kb) ISR 2009-22: WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11421: Channel Select Mechanism Test H. Bushouse 17 Nov 2009 (Pdf 1207 Kb)

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		WFC3 User Forum Why are my DRZ images empty? Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:12 pm cherylp UVIS and IR example datasets Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:54 am cherylp Cycle 17 Phase 2 update: UVIS shutter vibration Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:05 pm mikewong