Title :
Design and operation of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
Author_Institution :
Space Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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;
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
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6252-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869738
