High Resolution Channel

E898972

The High Resolution Channel is a component of the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys designed to capture extremely detailed images of small or distant astronomical objects.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
High Resolution Channel canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope instrument channel ⓘ
abbreviation HRC ⓘ
builtBy Ball Aerospace ⓘ
builtFor Space Telescope Science Institute ⓘ
commissionedBy NASA ⓘ
deactivatedIn 2007 ⓘ
designedFor distant astronomical objects ⓘ
high-resolution imaging ⓘ
small astronomical objects ⓘ
enables detailed morphology studies of compact galaxies ⓘ
high-contrast imaging near bright stars ⓘ
hasAperture coronagraphic masks ⓘ
hasCapability coronagraphic imaging ⓘ
high spatial resolution imaging ⓘ
imaging of bright sources near faint companions ⓘ
hasDetectorFormat 1024 by 1024 pixels ⓘ
hasFieldOfView approximately 29 arcseconds by 26 arcseconds ⓘ
hasInstrument coronagraphic occulting spots ⓘ
filter wheel ⓘ
hasPixelScale approximately 0.025 arcseconds per pixel ⓘ
installedOn Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 3B ⓘ
locatedOn Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
noLongerUsedForScience true ⓘ
optimizedFor near-infrared wavelengths ⓘ
near-ultraviolet wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit via Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
partOf Advanced Camera for Surveys ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
scienceOperationsManagedBy Space Telescope Science Institute ⓘ
sharesInstrumentWith Solar Blind Channel ⓘ
Wide Field Channel ⓘ
status non-operational ⓘ
sufferedFailure 2007 electronics anomaly ⓘ
electronics failure ⓘ
supportsMode broad-band imaging ⓘ
narrow-band imaging ⓘ
polarimetric imaging ⓘ
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien optical system of Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
usedFor precision astrometry ⓘ
studies of active galactic nuclei ⓘ
studies of gravitational lenses ⓘ
studies of protoplanetary disks ⓘ
studies of resolved stellar populations ⓘ
studies of star clusters ⓘ
uses CCD ⓘ
charge-coupled device detector ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ACS → hasChannel → High Resolution Channel ⓘ
ACS → fieldOfView → High Resolution Channel ⓘ
Wide Field Channel → coexistsWith → High Resolution Channel ⓘ