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In-flight Performance of the Advanced Camera for Surveys CCDs

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The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), installed in the Hubble Space telescope in March 2002, will significantly extend HST's deep, survey imaging capabilities. ACS has met, or exceeded, all of its key performance specifications. In this paper we briefly review the in-flight performance of the instrument's CCD detectors and preview early ACS science observations.

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  1. Space Telescope Science Institute, USA

    Mark Clampin & Adam Riess

  2. Johns Hopkins University, USA

    Marco Sirianni, Holland C. Ford & Andre R. Martel

  3. University of California Obs/Lick Observatory, USA

    George F. Hartig & Garth D. Illingworth

  4. Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp, USA

    Bill Burmester, William Koldewynd & Ronald J. Schrein

  5. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

    Pamela C. Sullivan

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Clampin, M., Sirianni, M., Hartig, G.F. et al. In-flight Performance of the Advanced Camera for Surveys CCDs. Experimental Astronomy 14, 107–115 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EXPA.0000004358.00269.51

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