The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph: On-Orbit Instrument Performance

Details The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph: On-Orbit Instrument Performance The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph: On-Orbit Instrument Performance

2010-12-28

arxiv.org/abs/1012.5827v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

9 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Astrophysics and Space Science

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The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) was installed in the Hubble Space Telescope in May, 2009 as part of Servicing Mission 4 to provide high sensitivity, medium and low resolution spectroscopy at far- and near-ultraviolet wavelengths (FUV, NUV). COS is the most sensitive FUV/NUV spectrograph flown to date, spanning the wavelength range from 900{\AA} to 3200{\AA} with peak effective area approaching 3000 cm^2. This paper describes instrument design, the results of the Servicing Mission Orbital Verification (SMOV), and the ongoing performance monitoring program.

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