We summarize the capabilities of the World Space Observatory (UV) Project (WSO/UV). An example of the importance of this project (with a planned launch date of 2007/8) for the study of Classical Novae is given.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0207627,
title = {WSO/UV: World Space Observatory/Ultraviolet},
author = {M. Hernanz and R. Gonzalez-Riestra and W. Wamsteker and B. Shustov and M. Barstow and N. Brosch and C. Fu-Zhen and M. Dennefeld and M. Dopita and A. I. Gomez de Castro and N. Kappelmann and I. Pagano and J. Sahade and H. Haubold and J. -E. Solheim and P. Martinez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0207627},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, To appear in the proceeedings of the "Classical Nova Explosions" conference, eds. M. Hernanz and J. Jose, AIP