Wide Field Camera 3, a new camera for the Hubble Space Telescope, to be installed by astronauts during the upcoming space shuttle servicing mission, will provide astronomers with an unprecedented near-infrared view of the universe. Astronomical observations at near-infrared wavelengths offer unique opportunities for studying the universe. Important classes of low-temperature objects, such as the lowest-mass stars and brown dwarfs, as well as distant members of our own solar system. (source: spie.org)
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