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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4620. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Space Missions, Astrophysical Missions

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NASA ultraviolet observatory launched in August 1972. Operated for nine years. Carried an 80 cm Cassegrain telescope and spectrograph which covered the range 75-300 nm, giving wide spectral coverage and very high resolution. Used to study the interstellar medium and outer coronae of stars. Also carried a British x-ray instrument which discovered pulsating x-ray sources known as `slow rotators' an...

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