Design and operation of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope

Author

Durrance, S.T.

Author_Institution

Space Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

24-28 July 2000

Abstract

The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) was flown aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia for 9 days in December 1990 and the Space Shuttle Endeavour for 17 days in March 1995. Spectrophotometric observations of numerous astronomical sources were made throughout the far ultraviolet. In this paper we describe the HUT instrument and its performance in orbit. The optical system consists of a 90 cm diameter f/2 primary mirror and a prime-focus, Rowland circle spectrograph.

Keywords

astronomical telescopes; mirrors; optical design techniques; spectrophotometers; ultraviolet astronomy; 415 to 912 A; 90 cm; 912 to 1850 A; HUT instrument; Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope design; Space Shuttle Columbia; Space Shuttle Endeavour; astronomical sources; f/2 primary mirror; optical system; orbit; pecrt; prime-focus Rowland circle spectrograph; spectrophotometric observations; Apertures; Filters; Focusing; Holographic optical components; Holography; Instruments; Optical design; Optical pulses; Space shuttles; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Optical Sensing in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Electro-Optics in Space, Broadband Optical Networks, 2000. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

Aventura, FL, USA

ISSN

1099-4742

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6252-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869738

Filename

869738