When pics from New Hubble Camera?

Brian Albin · Post by **Brian Albin** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:43 am

Has anyone heard when we get the first pictures from Wide Field & Planetary Camera #3?

12dstring · Post by **12dstring** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:13 am

The recent one of Jupiter's dark spot was taken with the WFC3:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... s/2009/23/

Though it says that was just a quick interruption from the callibration they were doing as it was such a rare event.

Not sure when the fully callibrated images will start coming through though.

Brian Albin · Post by **Brian Albin** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:21 am

Thanks Dave

gyro · Post by **gyro** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:39 am

Follow the HST calibration and commissioning here...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubbl ... g2009.html

It is scheduled to be up and running by Oct' to image the Lcross/Centaur lunar impacts.

Brian Albin · Post by **Brian Albin** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:54 am

Thank you Gyro!
I did not know where to look for that information.

It is good to know we shall start getting pictures in October. I remember when the camera #2 replaced the first one in the 1990s and how much better the images were. I have been eager to see pictures from this newest camera.

Davej · Post by **Davej** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:17 am

Hi Brian,
I was looking at a site a few days ago and it showed an image of a distant galaxy taken by WFC2 and it then simulated a comparrison of the same galaxy taken by WFC3. The difference was incredible.
I too am looking forward to seeing the new images.

ATB
Dave
PS. This is interesting, if you've not already seen it...
http://www.spacetelescope.org/about/gen ... /wfc3.html

nealeh · Post by **nealeh** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:13 pm

Here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8246556.stm

gyro · Post by **gyro** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:34 pm

....and here,

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubbl ... index.html

brian livesey · Post by **brian livesey** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:40 am

There was a brief mention of the Butterfly Nebula as seen in the refurbished Hubble on Radio 3 news yesterday.
Amusingly, the newsreader gave a vivid picture of the colours in the nebula, unaware that Hubble pics are monochrome with artificial colours being added on at the receiving end.