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History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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This drawing illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS). The HST's two spectrographs, the GHRS and the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS), can detect a broader range of wavelengths than is possible from Earth because there is no atmosphere to absorb certain wavelengths. Scientists can determine the chemical composition, temperature, pressure, and turbulence of the stellar atmosphere producing the light, all from spectral data.
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Credit lineHistory of Hubble Space Telescope (HST). NASA/MSFC, 1981-01-01. Public domain. ID: 8113712.
