Faint Object Camera Instrument Handbook

The faint object camera (FOC) is a long-focal-ratio, photon-counting device capable of taking high-resolution two-dimensional images of the sky up to 14 by 14 arc seconds squared in size with pixel dimensions as small as 0.014 by 0.014 arc seconds squared in the 1150 to 6500 A wavelength range. Its performance approaches that of an ideal imaging system at low light levels. The FOC is the only instrument on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to fully use the spatial resolution capabilities of the optical telescope assembly (OTA) and is one of the European Space Agency's contributions to the HST program. Nota, A. (Editor) and Jedrzejewski, R. (Editor) and Greenfield, P. (Editor) and Hack, W. (Editor) Unspecified Center ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FAINT OBJECT CAMERA; HANDBOOKS; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; SPACEBORNE PHOTOGRAPHY; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; EXPOSURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION...