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Installed on HST from 1990 to 2002
Faint Object Camera (FOC) was a camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope from launch in 1990 until 2002. It was replaced by the Advanced Camera
Faint_Object_Camera
German aircraft manufacturer
Delta Dornier Delta II, developed for Hymer Dornier GmbH built the Faint Object Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope, which was used from 1990 to 2002
Dornier_Flugzeugwerke
Installed on HST March 2002
Mission 3B (STS-109) and installed in HST on March 7, replacing the Faint Object Camera (FOC), the last original instrument. ACS cost US$86 million at that
Advanced_Camera_for_Surveys
Optical correction instrument
primary mirror, which incorrectly focused light upon the Faint Object Camera (FOC), Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS), and Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
Corrective_Optics_Space_Telescope_Axial_Replacement
Hubble Telescope instrument
installed on the Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Camera – Installed on HST from 1990 to 2002 Faint Object Spectrograph – Former instrument on the
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
Wide_Field_and_Planetary_Camera_2
Astronomical camera on the Hubble Space Telescope
Planetary Camera Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 Advanced Camera for Surveys Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Faint Object Camera Faint Object Spectrograph
Wide_Field_Camera_3
Red supergiant star in the constellation Orion
dominating the stellar surface. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera captured an ultraviolet image with a resolution superior to that
Betelgeuse
NASA/ESA space telescope launched in 1990
Planetary Camera (WF/PC), Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS), High Speed Photometer (HSP), Faint Object Camera (FOC) and the Faint Object Spectrograph
Hubble_Space_Telescope
Astrophotograph by the Hubble Space Telescope
Herschel Space Observatory in 2011, again by Hubble in 2014 with a newer camera, and the James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Released in 2007, Chandra X-ray
Pillars_of_Creation
2018 studio album by Hopesfall
released on June 12. Third single, "Faint Object Camera", was released on June 28; the song was named after the camera of the same name that was installed
Arbiter_(album)
Topics referred to by the same term
English rock band Flight of the Conchords, a New Zealand comedy duo Faint Object Camera, on the Hubble Space Telescope Festival of Code, an annual hackathon
FOC
2010 American film
Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble) which carried an IMAX 3D camera. The IMAX 3D camera contained a mile of film, though this allowed for only 8 minutes
Hubble_(film)
Largest natural satellite of Pluto
distinct and well-defined disks (3). The image was taken by Hubble's Faint Object Camera (FOC) when the system was 4.4 billion kilometers (2.6 billion miles)
Charon_(moon)
Star system in the constellation Hercules
Hercules. It was photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera in 1994. The binary system consists of two red dwarfs orbiting each
Gliese_623
Japanese telescope and observatory
2020. Faint Object Camera And Spectrograph (FOCAS) Visible-light camera and spectrograph with the ability to take spectra of up to 100 objects simultaneously
Subaru_Telescope
Infrared imaging used to reveal temperature
camera detects infrared radiation originating from the surface of objects. This radiation has two main components: thermal emission from the object's
Thermography
Instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope
Other Hubble instruments : Advanced Camera for Surveys Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Faint Object Camera Faint Object Spectrograph Goddard High Resolution
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
Space_Telescope_Imaging_Spectrograph
Cosmic nebula
Hubble Space Telescope. The view was captured by the then-new Wide Field Camera 3, though the region was also viewed by the previous generation instrument
Mystic_Mountain
American post-hardcore band
Kennelty, Greg (June 28, 2018). "HOPESFALL Gets Aggressive On New Song "Faint Object Camera"". Metal Injection. Retrieved February 25, 2020. "Hopesfall - "The
Hopesfall
Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
stellar gradient in the central regions and the data from Faint Object Camera, Faint Object Spectrograph and International Ultraviolet Explorer indicate
NGC_2681
Former instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope
Field and Planetary Camera 2 Wide Field Camera 3 Advanced Camera for Surveys Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Faint Object Camera Faint Object Spectrograph Goddard
Wide Field and Planetary Camera
Wide_Field_and_Planetary_Camera
Images of hubble
observations and snapped nearly 500,000 images of more than 25,000 celestial objects. Hubble does not travel to stars, planets and galaxies. It takes pictures
List of Hubble Space Telescope anniversary images
List_of_Hubble_Space_Telescope_anniversary_images
Binary star system in the constellation Cetus
that at times several years can pass without it appearing as a naked-eye object. The pulsations of Mira variables cause the star to expand and contract
Mira
In-camera effect
exemplifies being in a drunk state after fainting at a party. At the time, Roberts had already designed a special camera capable of fast focal lens changes
Dolly_zoom
Optical device for recording images
A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive
Camera
American astronaut (born 1956)
their second spacewalk they replaced the old Faint Object Camera with the state-of-the-art Advanced Camera for Surveys, expected to produce a tenfold increase
James_H._Newman
Star in the constellation Cetus
Taken on December 11, 1995, by the Hubble Space Telescope using the Faint Object Camera. Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox ICRS Constellation Cetus
Mira_B
Dwarf galaxy in constellation Aquarius
as an object of extremely low luminosity. The total luminous flux of the galaxy is provided by only a small, sparse number of individual faint stars.
Aquarius_IV
Type of galaxy
A.; Jarvis, J. F. (15 June 1979). "Evolution of galaxies – Automated faint object counts to 24th magnitude". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 230: L153–L156
Faint_blue_galaxy
(celestial object) fast moving object, an asteroid so close to the Earth that it appears to be moving very fast FOC – (instrumentation) Faint Object Camera, a
List_of_astronomy_acronyms
American astronomer
played an early role in the conception and build of the Faint Object Camera. He used this camera to study globular clusters, including Andromeda Galaxy
Ivan_R._King
1994), "High-resolution imaging of the Pluto-Charon system with the Faint Object Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 435
List of instrument-resolved minor planets
List_of_instrument-resolved_minor_planets
Science operations center operated by NASA
the year. For HST, this includes finding guide stars, checking on bright object constraints, implementing specific scheduling requirements, and working
Space Telescope Science Institute
Space_Telescope_Science_Institute
Area of the Solar System beyond the planets, comprising small bodies
; Brown, M. E. (September 1999). "Keck Pencil-Beam Survey for Faint Kuiper Belt Objects". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (3): 1411–1422. arXiv:astro-ph/9905292
Kuiper_belt
In scenes where a bright object is next to a faint object, veiling glare from the bright object may hide the faint object from view, even though the
Veiling_glare
Binary systems of planetary-mass objects
objects from background stars that might appear similarly faint due to dust extinction. This method proved particularly effective for finding objects
Jupiter-mass_binary_object
English space science professor
for British Aerospace and was part of the team that developed the Faint Object Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope. In 1981, he moved to the University
John_Zarnecki
Astronauts walking in space to date
14, 2009. William Harwood for CBS News (May 14, 2009). "Newly installed camera passes 'aliveness' test". Spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved May 14, 2009. Chris
List_of_spacewalks_2000–2014
Active galactic nucleus (AGN) containing a supermassive black hole
optically, or in some cases, only a faint and point-like object somewhat like a distant star. The spectral lines of these objects, which identify the chemical
Quasar
Planetary nebula in the constellation Musca
between 1918 and 1924). At the time, it was designated simply as a small faint planetary nebula. Much improved telescopes and imaging techniques allowed
Engraved_Hourglass_Nebula
Instrument installed on the Hubble Space Telescope
Advanced Camera for Surveys Faint Object Camera Faint Object Spectrograph Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
Cosmic_Origins_Spectrograph
Small Solar System body with an orbit that can bring it close to Earth
considered PHAs. Objects that either cannot approach closer to the Earth than 0.05 AU (7,500,000 km; 4,600,000 mi), or which are fainter than H = 22.0 (about
Near-Earth_object
Moon of Makemake
Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, and its discovery was announced on 26 April 2016. S/2015 (136472) 1 is extremely faint, with an apparent magnitude
S/2015_(136472)_1
Irregular galaxy in constellation Centaurus
the object is a late-type galaxy. In the Second Reference Catalogue, the Fourcade-Figueroa Object has been catalogued as A 1332–45. It is very faint to
Fourcade-Figueroa_Object
Astronomical observatory in Chile
every week down to a much fainter level than that reached by existing surveys. It will catalog 90 percent of the near-Earth objects larger than 300 m and
Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory
Accessory for the Nintendo Game Boy
called "edge enhancement", which the Game Boy Camera uses to define the edges of an object with a faint black outline. Photos can be taken with other
Game_Boy_Camera
Sednoid
(reflectivity); if it is a darker object then it would also have to be larger; a higher albedo would demand that it be smaller. The faint object has a visual magnitude
541132_Leleākūhonua
Distant body in the outer Solar System
Diego, California, using Yale's 160-megapixel Palomar Quest camera. On that day, an object was observed to move by 4.6 arcseconds over 3.1 hours relative
Sedna_(dwarf_planet)
Art and practice of creating images by recording light
is the result produced by the camera. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive
Photography
Planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula
by Napiwotzki to be 0.56±0.01 M☉. The Dumbbell Nebula is located in the faint constellation Vulpecula, within the Summer Triangle. It is located in the
Dumbbell_Nebula
Multi-telescope astronomical survey
consists of astronomical cameras, telescopes and a computing facility that is surveying the sky for moving or variable objects on a continual basis, and
Pan-STARRS
Video camera connected to a computer or network
images, video, still, or both. In newer techniques, videos of very faint objects are taken for a couple of seconds and then all the frames of the video
Webcam
Imaging instrument aboard the James Webb Space Telescope
Plane Electronics operate at 290 K. NIRCam should be able to observe objects as faint as magnitude +29 with a 10,000-second exposure (about 2.8 hours). It
NIRCam
Imaging of astronomical objects
tracking issues, bringing out faint objects with a poor signal-to-noise ratio, and filtering out light pollution. Digital camera images may also need further
Astrophotography
2009 American TV series or program
Field Camera 3 (WFC3) Previous instruments Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) Faint Object Camera (FOC) Faint Object Spectrograph
Hubble_Live
Photograph of Earth by Voyager 1
as the mission progressed, the objects to be photographed would increasingly be farther away and would appear fainter, requiring longer exposures and
Pale_Blue_Dot
Microsatellite from Canada
daylit or twilit sky, when background light from the Sun makes such faint objects invisible. This form of stray light is not an issue for a telescope
Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite
Near_Earth_Object_Surveillance_Satellite
the Faint Object Camera from the aft shroud and installed the Advanced Camera for Surveys in the same location. After stowing the Faint Object Camera in
2002_in_spaceflight
Diffraction pattern in optics
two objects imaged by a camera are separated by an angle small enough that their Airy disks on the camera detector start overlapping, the objects cannot
Airy_disk
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
System of the Virgo Giant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636. I. Subaru/Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph Spectroscopy and Database". The Astrophysical Journal
NGC_4636
American composer and multimedia artist
(Starkland Recordings, 2012) Farmstand Now Open (Opera America, 2012) Faint Object Camera (Here and Now, Innova Recordings, 2011) Chamberhouse (Dream House
Mary_Ellen_Childs
Extreme trans-Neptunian object from the outer Oort cloud
FE72 at a faint r-band magnitude of 23.9. The final two observations were recorded on 18 March 2021 using the Dark Energy Camera. The object was formally
2014_FE72
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
galaxy's faint light reaches us at infrared wavelengths. It could only be observed with Hubble Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
A1689-zD1
order to detect and study faint objects. The depth of the field refers to the apparent magnitude or the flux of the faintest objects that can be detected in
List_of_deep_fields
Large object in the scattered disc
distant trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Their search was performed using the 4.0-meter Víctor M. Blanco Telescope's Dark Energy Camera (DECam) at Cerro Tololo
532037_Chiminigagua
Non-periodic comet
March 2025, that an apparent cometary object was visible in imagery by the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) camera, which images the sky in Lyman-α, on the
C/2025_F2_(SWAN)
Active main belt asteroid
Observatory's Dark Energy Camera (DECam) during a survey searching for extreme trans-Neptunian objects. Three DECam images discovered a faint tail extending about
(62412)_2000_SY178
a faint or invisible "latent" image to reduce the exposure time to a few minutes. Paper with a coating of silver iodide was exposed in the camera and
History_of_photography
Sednoid
began in 2020 with the initial goal of detecting faint Jupiter trojans and trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) across the sky. The survey discovered 2023
2023_KQ14
Suspected satellite galaxy of Triangulum
Pisces VII (Psc VII), or Triangulum III (Tri III), is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy and a possible satellite of the Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33 or NGC
Pisces_VII_(dwarf_galaxy)
1997 American crewed spaceflight to the Hubble Space Telescope
and the Faint Object Spectrograph, exchanged for the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
STS-82
Diffuse nebula in the constellation Orion
Nebula. The Orion Nebula is one of the most scrutinized and photographed objects in the night sky. The nebula has revealed much about the process of how
Orion_Nebula
First operational image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
revealing tiny, faint structures that had never been seen before, including star clusters and diffuse features. The six bright and two fainter spikes around
Webb's_First_Deep_Field
Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
Lacaille but not given Bayer designations. Lacaille considered them too faint, while Gould thought otherwise. Xi Gruis had originally been placed in Microscopium
Grus_(constellation)
Astronomical telescope in Chile
infrared camera and low-resolution spectrograph, with polarimetric and high-time resolution modes EFOSC2 (ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera, v.2)
New_Technology_Telescope
Emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus
small object located about 2 degrees Southwest of Sadr. While considered bright by astronomical imaging standards, visually it is relatively faint. For
Crescent_Nebula
Device used in television cameras
Video camera tubes are devices based on the cathode-ray tube that were used in television cameras to capture television images, prior to the introduction
Video_camera_tube
Supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus
Chinese astronomers as a guest star. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified that corresponds with a historically-observed supernova explosion
Crab_Nebula
Appearance of the sky in a clear night
triggering the cone cells. If it is particularly dark and a particularly faint celestial object is of interest, averted vision may be helpful. The stars of the
Night_sky
Compositing technique, also known as green screen
it easy for objects to be accidentally removed if they happen to be similar to the background, or for the background to remain due to camera noise or if
Chroma_key
Interstellar comet in 2025
2026, when the comet was predicted to be much fainter. 3I/ATLAS is recognized as an interstellar object because of its extremely hyperbolic path and very
3I/ATLAS
Response of an optical system to a point source of light
of light. In casual terms, for a given camera, it is the blurry blob image captured from pointing that camera at a single speck of light. More technically
Point_spread_function
Methods and instruments used to observe the Moon
is the largest natural satellite of and the closest major astronomical object to Earth. The Moon may be observed by using a variety of optical instruments
Lunar_observation
in detecting the silhouettes of potential prey—or predators—against the faint light of the sky above. Accordingly, deeper water hyperiids, where the light
Eye
Dwarf planet in the scattered-disc
42×10^9 km; 8.34×10^9 mi), and it is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object. According to the Deep Ecliptic Survey, Gonggong is in a 3:10 orbital resonance
Gonggong_(dwarf_planet)
1993–2008 research project
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) was a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth. The project, funded
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
Lowell_Observatory_Near-Earth-Object_Search
Dwarf elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
located faint radio and X-ray source (now named M32* in analogy to Sgr A*) is attributed to gas accretion onto the black hole. List of Messier objects List
Messier_32
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum
visibility is that the observer can see stars at least as faint as that latter figure. This is fainter than many people are able to see, even at a very dark
Triangulum_Galaxy
Barred spiral galaxy in the Local Group
visible to the naked eye. In 1785, the astronomer William Herschel noted a faint reddish hue in the core region of Andromeda. He believed Andromeda to be
Andromeda_Galaxy
Visual illusion of 3D scene
same background pattern, it is often possible to see faint outlines of parts of the moving 3D object in the 2D autostereogram image without wall-eyed viewing;
Autostereogram
Astronomical object discovered in 2006
Advanced Camera for Surveys Wide Field Channel. According to research authored by Kyle Barbary of the Supernova Cosmology Project, the object brightened
SCP_06F6
Techniques for imaging corona discharges
high-voltage source. Grounding the object creates a stronger corona discharge. Kirlian photography does not require the use of a camera or a lens because it is a
Kirlian_photography
Telescope in the Atacama Desert, Chile
field of view of VST and its powerful camera OmegaCAM can encompass even the faint outer regions of this object. The view seen on the left includes about
VLT_Survey_Telescope
Hypothetical Solar System planet
for the calculated motion of Planet Nine, allowing many faint images of a faint moving object to be combined to produce a brighter image. A search combining
Planet_Nine
Logarithmic measure of the brightness of an astronomical object
Magnitudes can also be calculated for objects far brighter than stars (such as the Sun and Moon), and for objects too faint for the human eye to see (such as
Magnitude_(astronomy)
Large trans-Neptunian object in the scattered disc
OF201 means that there are likely thousands of similar objects that are currently too distant and faint from Earth to be observed. The orbit of 2017 OF201
2017_OF201
Gamma-ray burst
could image cosmic objects as faint as magnitude 16, and GRB hunters had expected the visible component of a GRB to be very faint. Instead, the visible
GRB_990123
Project to measure the expansion of the universe
million light-years from Earth. The three large objects in this image captured by the Dark Energy Camera are galaxies in the nearby Fornax cluster, roughly
Dark_Energy_Survey
Kuiper belt object
faint, small satellites orbiting Arrokoth at distances greater than 2,000 km (1,200 mi) have been excluded to a depth of >29th magnitude. The object has
486958_Arrokoth
Telescope in the Atacama Desert, Chile
wavelengths. Each individual telescope can detect objects that are roughly four billion times fainter than what can be seen with the naked eye. When all
Very_Large_Telescope
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FAINT OBJECT-CAMERA
FAINT OBJECT-CAMERA
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic
Pointed Object
Boy/Male
Muslim
Desire. Object.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a particularly pious individual, from Middle English, Old French saint, seint ‘holy’ (Latin sanctus ‘blameless’, ‘holy’). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, especially on the Continent, and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint, Old English, Low German flint, or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual.Welsh : habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
A Discovered Object
Girl/Female
Christian, French, Gujarati, Indian
Fairy; Crown or Garland; Shining; Light; Glowing
Boy/Male
Scottish
From the sheep pen.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, German
A Flint-stone; Stream; Place-name and Surname; Flint Stone Produces a Spark of Fire when Struck by Steel
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Holy Object
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Brahama
Boy/Male
English
Stream. Place-name and surname. Flint stone produces a spark of fire when struck by steel.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Joyful; Good-natured
Male
Hebrew
 Jewish ornamental name, FLINT means "shotgun." Compare with another form of Flint.
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
Pointed object.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : habitational name from any of various places in France, deriving their names mostly from Old French fain ‘swamp’, but Latin fanum ‘temple’ is also a source in some cases.English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Boy/Male
English
Good-natured.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Desire; Object
Female
Russian
(Фаина) Russian name FAINA means "light."Â
Male
English
 English name derived from the Old English/Low German word, flint, FLINT means "stone splinter," originally used as a byname for someone "hard and tough as flint." Compare with another form of Flint.
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