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Source: Phys.org
Hubble Space Telescope's premier camera shuts down
January 9, 2019 by Marcia Dunn
The Hubble Space Telescope's premier camera has shut down because of a hardware problem.
NASA said the camera stopped working Tuesday. Hubble's three other science instruments are still working fine, with celestial observations continuing.
This third incarnation of the wide field camera was installed by spacewalking astronauts in 2009. The camera has backup electronics that could be called into action, if necessary, according to NASA.
The camera has captured stunning images of stars, galaxies stretching far back in time and assisted in deep sky surveys. It's also studied objects in our own solar system, discovering some of the tiny moons around Pluto, as well as a 14th moon around Neptune. It takes pictures in both visible and ultraviolet light, as well as near infrared.
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Read more: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-hubble-space-telescope-premier-camera.html
Drifter
(4,751 posts)unplugging it and plugging it back in?
Just checking.
Cheers
Drifter