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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

[06/27/2013] Header Keyword MTFLAG Found to be Incorrectly Set in Some Observations

News Archive

Documents added in the last 45 days

ISR 2013-06: Characterizing Persistence in the WFC3 IR Channel: Finite Trapping Times
K. S. Long, S. M. Baggett & J. W. MacKenty 23 Jul 2013

ISR 2013-07: Characterizing Persistence in the WFC3 IR Channel: Observations of Omega Cen
K. S. Long, S. M. Baggett & J. W. MacKenty 09 Jul 2013

ISR 2013-14: Astrometric Correction for WFC3/UVIS Lithographic-Mask Pattern
V. Kozhurina-Platais, D. Hammer, N. Dencheva, & W. Hack 09 Jul 2013

ISR 2013-12: WFC3 Post-Flash Calibration
J. Biretta and S. Baggett 27 Jun 2013

ISR 2013-13: Evaluation and Comparison of Deep UVIS PSFs Observed at Three Epochs
L. Dressel 26 Jun 2013

ISR 2013-11: UVIS PSF Spatial & Temporal Variations
E. Sabbi & A. Bellini 25 Jun 2013

ISR 2013-09: WFC3/UVIS Bowtie Monitor
M. Bourque & S. Baggett 25 Jun 2013

ISR 2013-10: In-flight Corrections to the WFC3 UVIS Flat Fields
J. Mack, E. Sabbi, & T. Dahlen 25 Jun 2013

Document Archive

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