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Faint Object Camera

Metadata Updated: January 30, 2026

The Faint Object Camera (FOC) was one of the 4 original axial instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). FOC is used to make high-resolution observations of faint sources at UV and visible wavel

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 30, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 30, 2026
Publisher MAST: Mikulski Archive at Space Telescope
Maintainer
Identifier ivo://archive.stsci.edu/hst/foc
Data Last Modified 2026-01-27
Category Astrophysics
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 74484129-42cd-4470-abcc-6b44a1deb555
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/instrument_news/FOC/topfoc.html
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 69b2b8dba96900af54c23506f596941fd70197673755ab597e07c0bfbc0cd826
Source Schema Version 1.1

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