ISSIS: the imaging and slitless spectroscopy instrument for surveys in the World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet telescope

Ana I. Gomez de Castro; Nestor Sanchez; Paola Sestito; Pablo Rodriguez; Maite Teresa Gomez; Juan Seijas; Fatima Lopez-Martinez; Jose Quintana; Marcos Ubierna; Jacinto Muñoz

doi:10.1117/12.925346

17 September 2012 ISSIS: the imaging and slitless spectroscopy instrument for surveys in the World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet telescope

Ana I. Gomez de Castro, Nestor Sanchez, Paola Sestito, Pablo Rodriguez, Maite Teresa Gomez, Juan Seijas, Fatima Lopez-Martinez, Jose Quintana, Marcos Ubierna, Jacinto Muñoz

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 84432W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925346
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

ISSIS is the Imaging and Slitless Spectroscopy Instrument for the World Space Observatory - Ultraviolet (WSO-UV), a 170 cm space telescope to be launched in late 2015. ISSIS is a multipurpose instrument designed to carry out high resolution and high sensitivity imaging and slitless spectroscopy in the ultraviolet range. ISSIS has two acquisition channels: the Far Ultraviolet Channel (FUV) covering the 1150-1750 Å wavelength range and the Near Ultraviolet Channel (NUV) in the 1850-3200 Å range. Both channels are equipped with Multi Channel Plate detectors to guarantee high sensitivity and high rejection of lower energy radiation. ISSIS will be the first UV imager into a high altitude Earth orbit and it will provide unique information on star formation, accretion physics, astronomical engines and planets.

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Ana I. Gomez de Castro, Nestor Sanchez, Paola Sestito, Pablo Rodriguez, Maite Teresa Gomez, Juan Seijas, Fatima Lopez-Martinez, Jose Quintana, Marcos Ubierna, and Jacinto Muñoz "ISSIS: the imaging and slitless spectroscopy instrument for surveys in the World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet telescope", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84432W (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925346

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