The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope - Design and performance

The instrumental configuration, calibration, and operations during the first flight of the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on the Astro-1 mission, December 2-10, 1990, are described. The UV images of a wide variety of astronomical objects were recorded with a 40-arcmin diameter field of view. Images o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Astrophysical journal 1992-08, Vol.395 (1), p.L1-L4
Hauptverfasser:	Stecher, Theodore P., Baker, Gerald R., Bartoe, Donna D., Bauer, Frank H., Blum, Albert, Bohlin, Ralph C., Butcher, Harvey R., Chen, Peter C., Collins, Nicholas R., Cornett, Robert H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astronomical and space-research instrumentation Astronomy Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology Fundamental astronomy and astrophysics. Instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations
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Zusammenfassung:	The instrumental configuration, calibration, and operations during the first flight of the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on the Astro-1 mission, December 2-10, 1990, are described. The UV images of a wide variety of astronomical objects were recorded with a 40-arcmin diameter field of view. Images of targets as faint as magnitude 21 (UV) were secured with a resolution of about 3 arcsec. The optics, light baffling, and image motion compensation system are summarized, and detectors and electronic subsystems are described.
ISSN:	0004-637X 1538-4357
DOI:	10.1086/186474