Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981tecn....9....1b&link_type=abstract
Technical News, vol. 9, Sept. 1981, p. 1-6.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Infrared Astronomy, Solar Instruments, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spaceborne Telescopes, Ultraviolet Astronomy, X Ray Astronomy, All Sky Photography, Climate Change, Cryogenic Cooling, Image Resolution, Radio Communication, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Skylab Program, Solar Activity Effects, Sunspots
Scientific paper
An assessment is presented of advances in solar, IR, visible light, UV and X-ray astronomy resulting from or promised by, the use of spaceborne telescopy. Attention is given (1) Skylab's 1973 high-resolution X-ray and extreme UV images of the sun; (2) the importance of sunspot activity cycles to radio communications and climatic changes; (3) the application of cryogenically cooled instrumentation to IR telescopes; (4) the capabilities of the Space Shuttle-launched Space Telescope, which may be able to detect planets orbiting nearby stars; (5) the findings of such UV astronomy satellites as the IUE, TD-1 and OAO-2, as well as the all-sky survey capabilities of the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer orbiting telescope; and (6) the achievements of such spaceborne X-ray instruments as the imaging detectors and high-resolution imaging telescopes of the Einstein HEAO-2.
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