The Hubble Source Catalog (HSC) is designed to optimize science from the Hubble Space Telescope
by combining the tens of thousands visit-based source lists in the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA)
into a single master catalog.
The HSC Summary search displays a single row entry for each object,
as defined by a set of detections that have been cross-matched and hence are believed to be a single object.
Averaged values for magnitudes and other relevant parameters are provided.
The catalog currently contains over 16 million entries.
The Berkeley Extreme and Far-UV Spectrometer (BEFS), flew on the
Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph (ORFEUS)-SPAS I
and II space shuttle missions in 1993 and 1996, returning high-resolution (/3000)
FUV spectra (900-1200 Å) of 75 astrophysical objects from the first flight and more
than 100 from the second. EUV spectra (400-900 Å) were obtained for a subset of these
targets.
The Hubble Source Catalog (HSC) is designed to optimize science from the Hubble Space Telescope by
combining the tens of thousands of visit-based source lists in the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA)
into a single master catalog.
The Hubble Source Catalog (HSC) detailed search
displays an entry for each separate detection (or nondetection if nothing is found at that position)
using all the relevant Hubble observations for a given object
(i.e., different filters, detectors, separate visits).
The catalog currently contains over 100 million entries.
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).
The WF/PC-1 was used from April 1990 to November 1993, 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 Angstroms).
The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) was installed in HST on Feb. 14, 1997, replacing the GHRS spectrograph. STIS provides spectra and images at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths, probing the Universe from our solar system out to cosmological distances.
Near Infrared Camera and Multi Object Spectrograph
Short Name:
HST.NICMOS
Date:
23 Jul 2020 19:50:23
Publisher:
Space Telescope Science Institute Archive
Description:
The HST Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) provides imaging capabilities in broad, medium, and narrow band filters, broad-band imaging polarimetry, coronographic imaging, and slitless grism spectroscopy, in the wavelength range 0.8-2.5 microns. NICMOS has three adjacent but not contiguous cameras, designed to operate independently, each with a dedicated array at a different magnification scale.
The High Speed Photometer (HSP) was one of the four original axial instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HSP was designed to make very rapid photometric observations of astrophysical sources in a variety of filters and passbands from the near ultraviolet to the visible. The HSP was removed from HST during the First Servicing Mission in December, 1993.
The Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) was one of the 4 original axial instruments aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The FOS was designed to make spectroscopic observations of astrophysical sources from the near ultraviolet to the near infrared (1150 - 8000 Angstroms). The instrument was removed from HST during the Second Servicing Mission in February 1997.