NASA Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)
Loading...
Camera

NASA Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)

stsci.edu/.../wfpc2
Type Dedicated deep-sky camera
Cooled No
Back focus n/a
Users 7
Images 80
Most often used with
NASA Hubble Space Telescope
Community notes
WFPC2 is a hybrid 2x2 CCD with three wide-field (WF) elements and a fourth planetary-camera (PC) element at a longer focal ratio. It is what gives the "stair-step" look of the famous (1995) Pillars of Creation image.