Hubble’s Instruments Including Control and Support Systems …
WEBJun 6, 2019 · This is a cutaway diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope, with components labeled. The forward shell houses the telescope’s optical assembly. In the middle of the telescope are the reaction wheels and the bays that …
WEBHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SYSTEMS. T he Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has three interacting systems: The Support Systems Module (SSM), an outer structure that houses the other systems and provides services such as electrical power, data communications, and pointing control and maneuvering.
WEBHubble’s primary mirror is 7.8 feet (2.4 meters) in diameter. It is made of a special glass coated with aluminum and a compound that reflects ultraviolet light. It collects light from the telescope’s targets and reflects it to the secondary mirror. FGS Hubble has three fine guidance sensors. Two are needed to point
Hubble Design - NASA Science
WEBCutaway diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Hubble is classified as a Cassegrain reflector, named after a 15th century French cleric who was among the first to suggest this basic optical design.
Optics - NASA Science
WEBCutaway diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Overview. The Hubble Space Telescope’s mirror-based optical system collects and focuses light from the universe to be analyzed by science and guidance instruments.
Hubble Space Telescope - NASA
WEBDigital images and spectra stored in Hubble’s solid-state recorders are converted to radio waves and then beamed through one of the spacecraft’s high-gain antennas (HGAs) to a NASA communications satellite, which relays them to the ground.
WEBThe Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) principally performs spectroscopy—the separation of light into its component colors (or wavelengths) to reveal information about an object’s chemical content, temperature, density, …
Hubble Space Telescope Optical Telescope Assembly – Diagram
WEBThis image illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA). One of the spacecraft's three major elements, the OTA consists of two mirrors (a primary mirror and a secondary mirror), support trusses, and the focal plane structure.
Diagram of Hubble | ESA/Hubble
WEBJan 1, 2006 · Diagram of Hubble. This shows a cross-section of the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The radial instrument bay is seen in yellow, the axial instrument bay in red, the primary and secondary mirrors in blue, and the optical equipment in green. Credit: ESA. Usage of ESA/Hubble Images and Videos.
Hubble Space Telescope's Internal Components (Light Path)
WEBJun 6, 2019 · This diagram shows the path that light from the universe travels when it enters the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble’s 1,825 pound, 7.8-foot (2.4-meter) diameter primary mirror collects light from its astronomical target and reflects it to a 12-inch (0.3-meter) diameter secondary mirror located in the optical tube.