Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 14

Chapter 1:
Introduction

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1.1 Instrument Overview
    1.1.1 Field-of-View
    1.1.2 Spectral Filters
    1.1.3 Quantum Efficiency and Exposure Limits
    1.1.4 CCD Detector Technology
    1.1.5 UV Imaging
    1.1.6 Aberration Correction and Optical Alignment
1.2 Which Instrument to Use: WFPC2, ACS, NICMOS, or STIS?
    1.2.1 Comparison of WFPC2 and ACS
    1.2.2 Comparison of WFPC2 and NICMOS
    1.2.3 Comparison of WFPC2 and STIS
1.3 History of WFPC2
1.4 The Previous vs. Current Generation: WF/PC-1 vs. WFPC2
1.5 Organization of this Handbook
1.6 What's New in Version 6.0 for Cycle 11
1.7 What's New in Version 7.0 for Cycle 12
1.8 What's New in Version 8.0 for Cycle 13
1.9 What's New in Version 9.0 for Cycle 14
1.10 WFPC2 Handbook on the WWW
1.11 The Help Desk at STScI
1.12 Further Information