哈勃望远镜成像技术概览.ppt

Let us uncover the secret of how Hubble create images. The eagle nebula On April 1, 1995, the Hubble space telescopes wide field and planetary camera 2 (WFPC2) take pictures of the eagle nebula.Just like ordinary digital camera, WFPC2 also use charge-coupled device (CCD) rather than the film to record the image.CCD is a composed of photodetector array, one of the smallest unit is called pixel.Its role is receive light signals and turn into electrical signals. 　　 WFPC2s field of view contains about 1600 x (multiplied by)1600 pixels, which makes it roughly equivalent to a 2500000 megapixel