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Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on AstroSat.
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Current Science (00113891) . 8/25/2017, Vol. 113 Issue 4, p583-586. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The AstroSat satellite is designed for multi-wavelength astronomy for observations covering a spectral range from soft and hard X-rays to the ultra-violet. The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is the only non-X-ray telescope on AstroSat and it provides the long lever arm to the multi-wavelength observations. In addition to the simultaneous multi-wavelength studies in coordination with the X-ray telescopes on-board AstroSat, UVIT is used to study a large variety of objects with arcsecond-level spatial resolution. During the first year of observations, UVIT has obtained images in many filter bands in the wavelength range 130-300 nm over a field of ~28', which are being used to study a variety of hot stars, nebulae, stellar clusters and galaxies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ULTRAVIOLET telescopes
*ULTRAVIOLET astronomy
*X-ray telescopes
*HARD X-rays
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00113891
- Volume :
- 113
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Current Science (00113891)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124860678
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v113/i04/583-586