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SBC is back!, Jupiter UV observations resume in support of New Horizons |
 Feb 21 2007, 10:24 PM
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The return to Side 1 operations for SBC was recently approved, and today ACS/SBC performed its first observations (of Jupiter and Saturn's auroras in the UV) since the Side 2 failure earlier this month.
From STScI ops notes: "The first SBC images (science and calibration) were acquired today (Day 051). All the telemetry indicates normal conditions. The first internal flats and dark frames are consistent with those pre-dating the ACS Side 2 failure. There may be a small degradation in sensitivity (on the order of 1% or less at the shortest wavelengths). More sensitivity data will be acquired in the coming week." |
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