NASA NTRS · 19930028532
The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope - Design and performance
Abstract
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.
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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.. 1992-08-10. The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope - Design and performance. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930028532
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