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Faint Object Spectrograph

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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.

FOS facts

  • Instrument type: Spectrograph
  • Wavelength range: 115 to 850 nm
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