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1 September 1991 In-flight performance of the faint object camera of the Hubble Space Telescope
Perry E. Greenfield, Francesco Paresce, David A. Baxter, Philip Hodge, Richard N. Hook, Peter Jakobsen, Robert Ian Jedrzejewski, Anatonella Nota, William Brian Sparks, Nigel Mark Towers, Robin J. Laurance, Duccio Macchetto
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Abstract
An overview of the Faint Object Camera and its performance to date is presented. In particular, the detector's efficiency, the spatial uniformity of response, distortion characteristics, detector and sky background, detector linearity, spectrography, and operation are discussed. The effect of the severe spherical aberration of the telescope's primary mirror on the camera's point spread function is reviewed, as well as the impact it has on the camera's general performance. The scientific implications of the performance and the spherical aberration are outlined, with emphasis on possible remedies for spherical aberration, hardware remedies, and stellar population studies.
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Perry E. Greenfield, Francesco Paresce, David A. Baxter, Philip Hodge, Richard N. Hook, Peter Jakobsen, Robert Ian Jedrzejewski, Anatonella Nota, William Brian Sparks, Nigel Mark Towers, Robin J. Laurance, and Duccio Macchetto "In-flight performance of the faint object camera of the Hubble Space Telescope", Proc. SPIE 1494, Space Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments, (1 September 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46711
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Optical fiber cables

Cameras

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Point spread functions

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Space telescopes

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