Wide Field Camera 3
Astronomical camera on the Hubble Space Telescope / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is the Hubble Space Telescope's last and most technologically advanced instrument to take images in the visible spectrum. It was installed as a replacement for the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 during the first spacewalk of Space Shuttle mission STS-125 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4) on May 14, 2009.[1]
As of April 2023[update], WFC3 was still operating.