Wide Field Camera 3
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UVIS Filter Specification

Filter
Number
Filter
Name
Filter
Description
lambda
(Angstroms)
fwhm
(Angstroms)
Broad
UVIS-1 F218W ISM feature 2175 300
UVIS-2 F225W   2250 500
UVIS 3 F275W   2750 500
UVIS 4 F336W U, Stromgren u 3375 550
UVIS 5 F390W Washington C 3900 1000
UVIS 6 F438W WFPC2 B 4320 695
UVIS 7 F555W WFPC2 V 5410 1605
UVIS 8 F606W WFPC2 Wide V 5956 2340
UVIS 9 F814W WFPC2 Wide I 8353 2555
UVIS 10 F475W SDSS g 4750 1520
UVIS 11 F625W SDSS r 6250 1550
UVIS 12 F775W SDSS i 7760 1470
UVIS 13 F850LP SDSS z 8320 2000
Very Broad
UVIS-14 F350LP very broad * 3500 (HWHM) 7000
UVIS-15 F300X very broad * 2775 1850
UVIS 16 F475X very broad * 4900 2200
UVIS 17 F600LP very broad * 6000 (HWHM) 4000
Medium
UVIS 18 F390M   3900 200
UVIS 19 F410M Stromgren v 4105 190
UVIS 20 F467M Stromgren b 4675 230
UVIS 21 F547M Stromgren y 5475 710
UVIS 22 F621M 11% fil 6212 640
UVIS 23 F689M 11% fil 6886 710
UVIS 24 F763M 11% fil 7630 780
UVIS 25 F845M 11% fil 8454 870
Narrow
UVIS 26 F280N MgII 2795/2802 2798 42
UVIS 27 F343N [NeV] 3426 3426 228
UVIS 28 F373N [OII] 3726/29 3732 38
UVIS 29 F395N CaII H&K 3950 61
UVIS 30 F469N HeII 4686 4686 32
UVIS 31 F487N H-b 4861 4867 45
UVIS 32 F502N [OIII] 5007 5013 47
UVIS 33 F588N HeI 5876+NaI 5886 60
UVIS 34 F631N [OI] 6300+[SIII] 6306 54
UVIS 35 F645N Continuum 6455 82
UVIS 36 F656N H-a 6563 6563 14
UVIS 37 F658N [NII] 6583 6585 20
UVIS 38 F665N z (Ha +[NII]) 6654 94
UVIS 39 F673N [SII] 6717, 31 6731 77
    & z (Ha +[NII])    
UVIS 40 F680N z (Ha +[NII]) 6902 288
UVIS 41 F953N [SIII] 9532 9532 64
Narrow-Quads
UVIS 42a F191N CIII] 1909 1909 30
UVIS 42b F232N CII] 2326 2326 36
UVIS 42c F243N [NeIV] 2425 2425 36
UVIS 42d F378N z ([OII] 3727) 3780 80
UVIS 43a F387N [NeIII] 3869 3869 26
UVIS 43b F422M continuum 4220 108
UVIS 43c F437N [OIII] 4363 4364 30
UVIS 43d F492N z (H-b ) 4924 78
UVIS 44a F508N z ([OIII] 5007) 5081 112
UVIS 44b F575N [NII] 5755 5755 12
UVIS 44c F672N [SII] 6717 6716 14
UVIS 44d F674N [SII] 6731 6731 14
UVIS 45a CH4A-a 25/km-agt 8890 89
UVIS 45b CH4A-b 2.5/km-agt 9060 91
UVIS 45c CH4A-c 0.25/km-agt 9240 92
UVIS 45d CH4A-d 0.025/km-agt 9370 94
UVIS 46a CH4B-a CH4 6194 6194 62
UVIS 46b CH4B-b 6194 cont.+ 6340 63
    +6194 cont.-    
    [dual passband filter]    
UVIS 46c CH4B-c CH4 7270 7270 73
UVIS 46d CH4B-d 7270 cont. 7504 75
Specialty
UVIS 47 P200 UV prism 2775 1850
UVIS 48 F657N Wide Ha+[NIII] 6573 94

Note: * refers to Long Pass filters
Ref: Trauger Requirements 2/10/2000
1 Angstrom = 1 ten billionth of a meter