Performance Of The International Ultraviolet Explorer For Spectral Imaging

R. J. Panek; A. V. Holm; F. H. Schiffer, III

doi:10.1117/12.933474

16 November 1982 Performance Of The International Ultraviolet Explorer For Spectral Imaging

R. J. Panek, A. V. Holm, F. H. Schiffer, III

Proceedings Volume 0331, Instrumentation in Astronomy IV; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933474
Event: 1982 Astronomy Conferences, 1982, Tucson, United States

Abstract

The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite is an astronomical observatory which has obtained more than 25,000 spectral images since its launch in January 1978. A 45 cm f/15 cassegrain telescope feeds two echelle spectrographs of resolution 10⁴ with intensified SEC vidicon detectors. Sources are placed for observation using small slews of the spacecraft after positional measurement by an image dissector. Optimum performance requires that the effects of the fluctuating thermal environment be considered in the acquisition and processing of images. The performance of these systems, as evaluated from in-orbit engineering data, are discussed with particular emphasis on the geometrical characteristics.

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R. J. Panek, A. V. Holm, and F. H. Schiffer, III "Performance Of The International Ultraviolet Explorer For Spectral Imaging", Proc. SPIE 0331, Instrumentation in Astronomy IV, (16 November 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933474

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