Wide Field Camera 3
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Wide Field Camera 3 is a versatile imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captures high-resolution observations across ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wide Field Camera 3 canonical | 13 |
| WFC3 | 1 |
| WFC3 IR channel | 1 |
| Wide Field Camera 3 infrared channel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T364139 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wide Field Camera 3 Context triple: [Hubble Space Telescope, hasInstrument, Wide Field Camera 3]
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A.
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 was a key imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captured many of its most iconic and scientifically important space photographs from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s.
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B.
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph is a highly sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to study the origins and evolution of galaxies, stars, and the intergalactic medium.
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C.
Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph
The Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph (IMACS) is a wide-field optical imaging and spectrographic instrument mounted on the Magellan telescopes, used for deep astronomical surveys and detailed spectroscopic studies.
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D.
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is a large, space-based observatory designed to study the universe in infrared light, revealing the formation of the first galaxies, stars, and planetary systems with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution.
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E.
Warsaw Telescope
The Warsaw Telescope is a 1.3-meter optical telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys such as the OGLE project.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wide Field Camera 3 Target entity description: Wide Field Camera 3 is a versatile imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captures high-resolution observations across ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths.
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A.
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 was a key imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captured many of its most iconic and scientifically important space photographs from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s.
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B.
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph is a highly sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to study the origins and evolution of galaxies, stars, and the intergalactic medium.
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C.
Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph
The Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph (IMACS) is a wide-field optical imaging and spectrographic instrument mounted on the Magellan telescopes, used for deep astronomical surveys and detailed spectroscopic studies.
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D.
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is a large, space-based observatory designed to study the universe in infrared light, revealing the formation of the first galaxies, stars, and planetary systems with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution.
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E.
Warsaw Telescope
The Warsaw Telescope is a 1.3-meter optical telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys such as the OGLE project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hubble Space Telescope instrument
ⓘ
astronomical imaging camera ⓘ space telescope instrument ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wide Field Camera 3
ⓘ
surface form:
WFC3
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor |
high sensitivity in near-infrared
ⓘ
wide-field imaging ⓘ |
| detectorType |
IR channel: HgCdTe array
ⓘ
UVIS channel: CCD ⓘ |
| developedBy | Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ |
| fieldOfView |
approximately 123 by 136 arcseconds (IR)
ⓘ
approximately 160 by 160 arcseconds (UVIS) ⓘ |
| hasChannel |
IR channel
ⓘ
UVIS channel ⓘ |
| hasFilterWheel |
IR filter wheel
ⓘ
UVIS filter wheels ⓘ |
| hasGrism |
IR G102 grism
ⓘ
IR G141 grism ⓘ UVIS G280 grism ⓘ |
| installationDate | 2009-05-14 ⓘ |
| installedDuringMission |
STS-125
ⓘ
surface form:
Hubble Servicing Mission 4
STS-125 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2009-05-11 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ |
| locatedIn | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
CANDELS survey
ⓘ
Hubble Ultra Deep Field follow-up observations ⓘ PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
ⓘ
Space Telescope Science Institute ⓘ |
| partOf | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| pixelScale |
0.04 arcseconds per pixel (UVIS)
ⓘ
0.13 arcseconds per pixel (IR) ⓘ |
| primaryScienceUse |
cosmology
ⓘ
deep field imaging ⓘ exoplanet transit observations ⓘ galaxy evolution studies ⓘ star formation studies ⓘ supernova observations ⓘ |
| replaced | Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ |
| successorTo | Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
broadband imaging
ⓘ
grism spectroscopy ⓘ narrowband imaging ⓘ |
| telescopeFocalPlanePosition | axial instrument bay ⓘ |
| wavelengthCoverage |
near-infrared
ⓘ
ultraviolet ⓘ visible ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wide Field Camera 3 Description of subject: Wide Field Camera 3 is a versatile imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captures high-resolution observations across ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WFC3
this entity surface form:
WFC3 IR channel
subject surface form:
PHAT
this entity surface form:
Wide Field Camera 3 infrared channel