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Components of the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Components of the Wide Field Camera 3

April 17, 2015 · ESA/Hubble · WFC3

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This drawing shows the main components of Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The camera was installed during the last Servicing Mission in 2009 and replaced the older Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.