The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope: Instrument and Data Characteristics

Details The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope: Instrument and Data Characteristics The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope: Instrument and Data Characteristics

1997-04-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9704297v1

Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac. 109 (1997) 584

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

44 pages, LaTeX, AAS preprint style and EPSF macros, accepted by PASP

Scientific paper

10.1086/133917

The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) was flown as part of the Astro observatory on the Space Shuttle Columbia in December 1990 and again on the Space Shuttle Endeavor in March 1995. Ultraviolet (1200-3300 Angstroms) images of a variety of astronomical objects, with a 40 arcmin field of view and a resolution of about 3 arcsec, were recorded on photographic film. The data recorded during the first flight are available to the astronomical community through the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC); the data recorded during the second flight will soon be available as well. This paper discusses in detail the design, operation, data reduction, and calibration of UIT, providing the user of the data with information for understanding and using the data. It also provides guidelines for analyzing other astronomical imagery made with image intensifiers and photographic film.

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