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The Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS). This picture was taken after FOS was brought back to the Earth again. Credit:
NASA/
ESA.
The Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) was a spectrograph installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. It was replaced by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph in 1997.
[edit] FOS facts
- Instrument type: Spectrograph
- Wavelength range: 115 to 850 nm
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