The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT)

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Sep 2004

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GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: 30 YEARS OF DISCOVERY: Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 727, pp. 651-654 (2004).

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Space-Based Ultraviolet, Optical, And Infrared Telescopes, Observatories And Site Testing, Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components

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The Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT), one of three telescopes to fly on the Swift Gamma-ray Burst Observatory, is capable of detecting the early UV/optical photons and performing long-term UV/optical observations of GRB afterglows. The UVOT is a Ritchey-Chretien telescope with MCP intensified CCD detectors which operate in either a photon-timing or an imaging mode while providing sub-arcsecond resolution. A filter wheel accommodates broadband UV and visual filters for photometric studies including determination of photometric redshifts. UV and visual grisms for low-resolution spectroscopy are also housed in the filter wheel. We present a brief overview of the UVOT, calibration results, and science to be carried out.

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