The WSO, a world-class observatory for the ultraviolet

Details The WSO, a world-class observatory for the ultraviolet The WSO, a world-class observatory for the ultraviolet

2002-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209333v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, including 7 figures and 5 tables To be published in Proc SPIE, vol 4854

Scientific paper

10.1117/12.459779

The World Space Observatory is an unconventional space project proceeding via distributed studies. The present design, verified for feasibilty, consists of a 1.7-meter telescope operating at the second Largangian point of the Earth-Sun system. The focal plane instruments consist of three UV spectrometers covering the spectral band from Lyman alpha to the atmospheric cutoff with R~55,000 and offering long-slit capability over the same band with R~1,000. In addition, a number of UV and optical imagers view adjacent fields to that sampled by the spectrometers. Their performance compares well with that of HST/ACS and the spectral capabilities of WSO rival those of HST/COS.

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