The faint object camera is shown in photographic and diagrammatic form. Explanations of how the faint object camera works are illustrated with diagrams and data flow block diagrams. A transfer optics block diagram is presented. The camera entrance aperture projected onto the sky is shown in diagrammatic form. The physical layout of the high resolution apodizer is shown. The industrial organization and responsibilities in the faint object camera project are shown in a tree diagram. The industrial organization and responsibilities in the photon detector assembly project are listed.


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    Title :

    Long Look Back: Esa's Faint Object Camera. The Story of the Faint Object Camera, One of Esa's Contributions to the Hubble Space Telescope


    Contributors:
    N. Longdon (author)

    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    22 pages



    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English