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Hubble Photographs a Planetary Nebula to Commemorate Decommissioning of Super Camera - Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)

3 posted on 05/10/2009 12:18:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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May 10, 2009: 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.”


4 posted on 05/10/2009 12:19:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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