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Wide Field Camera 3

The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared


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The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is a fourth-generation UVIS/IR imager aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). WFC3 was installed in May 2009 during HST servicing mission 4, and replaces the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).

WFC3 Status

The UVIS and IR Channels are operating nominally.

WFC3 STAN Archive
All Telescopes documents of interest to WFC3 users

Late Breaking News from the Last 45 Days

Quick-Start Advice to Run Reverse Correction for CTE now available here: CTE Tools

WFC3 Throughput are now available as text files: Throughput Tables

[06/11/2013] Preliminary WFC3/UVIS Detector-to-Image Correction File (D2IMFILE) Now Available

[06/05/2013] WFC3-related posters from the 222nd AAS meeting are now available.

News Archive

Documents added in the last 45 days

WFC3 STAN - Issue 14 June 2013
1 Postflash Added to the WFC3/UVIS Exposure Time Calculator
2 aXe Software Updates
3 WFC3/UVIS Pixel-Based Correction For Some Subarrays
4 Improved Astrometric Corrections which includes the WFC3/UVIS Detector Lithographic Pattern
5 Documentation of CTE, Postflash, and Spatial Scanning
6 New Documentation
WFC3 14 Jun 2013

Document Archive

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