The Johns Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope for Shuttle Astronomy

A. F. Davidsen; Wm. G. Fastie; P. D. Feldman; G. F. Hartig; G. H. Fountain

doi:10.1117/12.959884

3 April 1981 The Johns Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope for Shuttle Astronomy

A. F. Davidsen, Wm. G. Fastie, P. D. Feldman, G. F. Hartig, G. H. Fountain

Proceedings Volume 0265, Shuttle Pointing of Electro-Optical Experiments; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959884
Event: 1981 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1980, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) is a 90-cm f/2 prime focus telescope and spectrometer with a photon-counting microchannel plate detector designed to obtain moderate resolution (Δλ - 4 Å) spectrophotometry of faint (my ⪅ 17) objects in the far-ultraviolet spectral region (~900-1700 Å). The HUT will be mounted on the Spacelab Instrument Pointing System and will be operated by a Payload Specialist using a field acquisition TV system to assist in locating targets. The initial flight of the HUT, expected in 1984 or 1985, will be devoteg primarily to the study of quasars and active galactic nuclei, emphasizing the 900-1200 Å spectral region which is inaccessible with other existing or currently planned orbiting instruments.

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A. F. Davidsen, Wm. G. Fastie, P. D. Feldman, G. F. Hartig, and G. H. Fountain "The Johns Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope for Shuttle Astronomy", Proc. SPIE 0265, Shuttle Pointing of Electro-Optical Experiments, (3 April 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959884

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