Image processing for the European Space Agency (ESA) Faint Object Camera

F. Macchetto

doi:10.1117/12.959791

21 November 1980 Image processing for the European Space Agency (ESA) Faint Object Camera

F. Macchetto

Proceedings Volume 0264, Applications of Digital Image Processing to Astronomy; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959791
Event: 1981 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1980, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

The Faint Object Camera is the ESA instrument to be flown in the Space Telescope. This paper describes the main characteristics of the instrument, its scientific capabilities, and the software required to analyze the data that it produces.

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F. Macchetto "Image processing for the European Space Agency (ESA) Faint Object Camera", Proc. SPIE 0264, Applications of Digital Image Processing to Astronomy, (21 November 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959791

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