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Instrumentation for High-Resolution Stellar UV-Spectrophotometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. De Jager
Affiliation:
Space Research Laboratory, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
A. Hammerschlag
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics TNO-TH, Delft, The Netherlands
W. Werner
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics TNO-TH, Delft, The Netherlands

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The paper describes the high-resolution stellar UV-spectrometer, experiment S 59 for ESRO TD-1 A satellite. The experiment utilizes the orbit and attitude control characteristics of the TD-1 A to obtain spectra of about 1 Å resolution from a few hundred bright early type stars with an instrument of moderate size. Attitude control of this large three-axis stabilized spacecraft is such that observing-instruments can search the sky along ecliptic meridians which precess by 360°/annum so that complete sky coverage is obtained in half a year.

Type
Part III: UV Astronomy
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971