WFPC2 These pages contain instrument-specific information about the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), and are maintained by the ACS/WFPC2 Group in the Instruments Division at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). The WFPC2 is used to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects over a relatively wide field of view and a broad range of wavelengths (1150 to 11,000 Å).

		WFPC2 Advisories - Updated 05/20/2009
		NEW 5/18/2009 - WFPC2 ISR 2009-05: "Bandwidth Stability of the WFPC2 Narrow Band and Linear Ramp Filters" has been released. NEW 5/12/2009 - WFPC2 ISR 2009-04: "Wavelength Stability of the WFPC2 Narrow Band and Linear Ramp Filters" is now available. NEW 4/30/2009 - WFPC2 ISR 2009-03: "Pipeline Correction of Images Impacted by the WF4 Anomaly" has been released. ***Note that there is a new data quality flag value (2048 or bit 11) that is set for all pixels in images whose bias values are so low that they are unlikely to be properly corrected. NEW 4/1/2009 - WFPC2 ISR 2009-02: "WFPC2 F343N Filter Throughput Decline" has been released. NEW 3/27/2009 - The new MultiDrizzle Handbook has been released. NEW 3/25/2009 - WFPC2 ISR 2009-01:"Rapid Pinhole Growth in the F160BW Filter" has been released. IMPORTANT! 11/07/2008 - In preparation for the decommissioning of WFPC2, the entire WFPC2 archive is currently being reprocessed. Details are presented on the WFPC2 Reprocessing page; the status of the reprocessing effort is given in the Archive Reprocessing Page. An FAQ page on WFPC2 reprocessing is also provided. IMPORTANT! - Multidrizzled WFPC2 Images from MAST 10/14/2008 - A new geometric distortion table, sad1946fu_idc.fits, is available for ftp on the CDBS WFPC2 reference file web page. This file supersedes the geometric distortion table announced on 8/07/2008. 9/18/2008 - The new WFPC2 Instrument Handbook has been released. 9/18/2008 - A new WFPC2 ISR outlining an algorithm designed to correct the horizontal streaks or bias jumps seen in WFPC2 data, particularly in WF4, has been posted. Previous WFPC2 Advisories

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		WFPC2 Forum WFPC2 drizzling cookbooks online Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:57 pm mutchler Quick Start Guide to WFPC2 Imaging for ACS Proposers Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:10 am mutchler

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