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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
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- Subject: Re: HST
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- Date: 7 Nov 92 02:31:28 GMT
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- -From: gawne@stsci.edu
- -Subject: Re: Hubble's mirror or Really Costar.
- -Date: 6 Nov 92 16:56:38 GMT
- -Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
-
- -...Interestingly, we use the Earth as a flat field source
- -all the time with the FGS's paused. WFPC doesn't mind a bit.
-
- -Also, we don't close the aperture door under normal operations. It only
- -closes in a deep safe mode.
-
- I gather from this that earthlight doesn't damage the sensors - it's just
- too bright for the gathering of useful information. That's impressive -
- sunlight on clouds is pretty bright.
-
- That also answers my question on what HST does when its view is eclipsed
- by the Earth - it just stops collecting data, and the aperture door doesn't
- have to close.
-
- -As for an annoying problem, the South Atlantic Anomaly and flapping of
- -the solar arrays give a lot more headaches around here than solar avoidance.
-
- --Bill Gawne, Space Telescope Science Institute
-
- Do you know whether replacement of the onboard computer with a more powerful
- model is scheduled for the upcoming service mission?
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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