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May 1997
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The ultraviolet universe at low and high redshift. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 408, pp. 36-38 (1997).
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Space-Based Ultraviolet, Optical, And Infrared Telescopes, Ultraviolet, Observation And Data Reduction Techniques, Computer Modeling And Simulation
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The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) was flown as part of the Astro Observatory on the Space Shuttle Columbia in December 1990 (see Figure 1) and again on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in March 1995. Ultraviolet (1200-3300 Å) images of a wide variety of astronomical objects were detected with UV image intensifiers and recorded on photographic film. Typical angular resolutions were 2-3 arcsec over a 40 arcmin field of view. The reduced and calibrated images from 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. UIT's design, operation, data reduction, and calibration are described in detail in Stecher et al. (1997), including a comprehensive description of the data characteristics. This publication provides UIT data users with information for understanding and using the data, as well as guidelines for analyzing other astronomical imagery made with image intensifiers and photographic film. Further information on the Astro missions and the UIT science program is available at the following website http://fondue.gsfc.nasa.gov/UIT/UIT_HomePage.html and in an educational slideset that is available from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Waller & Offenberg 1994).
Stecher Theodore P.
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope Team
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