Hubble Photographs a Planetary Nebula to Commemorate Decommissioning of a Super Camera
Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 21:42
in Astronomy & Space
The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, planetary nebula K 4-55 has been imaged as WFPC2's final "pretty picture."
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