Sentences with phrase «replaced faint object»
• Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) replaced Faint Object Spectrometer (FOS).
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During a servicing mission in February 2002, astronauts added the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), doubling the Hubble's field of view and replacing the Faint Object Camera, which served as the HST's telephoto lens.
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Note: The Faint Object Camera was replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys in 2002.
The Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) was one of the original instruments on Hubble; it was replaced by NICMOS during the second servicing mission in 1997.