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We reported the photometric calibration of Lunar-based Ultraviolet telescope (LUT), the first robotic astronomical telescope working on the lunar surface, for its first six months of operation on the lunar surface. Two spectral datasets…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-15 J. Wang , L. Cao , X. M. Meng , H. B. Cai , J. S. Deng , X. H. Han , Y. L. Qiu , F. Wang , S. Wang , W. B. Wen , C. Wu , J. Y. Wei , J. Y. Hu

The Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard India's first dedicated multiwavelength satellite \textit{AstroSat} observed a significant fraction of the sky in the ultraviolet with a spatial resolution of 1.4\arcsec. We present a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Swagat Bordoloi , P. Shalima , Rupjyoti Gogoi , Jayant Murthy

The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) is scheduled to be launched to geostationary orbit in 2026. It will carry a telescope with an unprecedentedly large field of view (204 deg$^2$) and NUV (230-290nm) sensitivity (22.5…

Three fields in the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud were observed by the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board AstroSat, during 31 December 2017 and 01 January 2018. The observations were carried out on a total of seven…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-05 Ashish Devaraj , Prajwel Joseph , C. S. Stalin , Shyam N. Tandon , Swarna K. Ghosh

Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the payloads on the first Indian multi wavelength satellite ASTROSAT expected to be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the year 2015. We have performed simulations of UV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-06 Sindhu. N , Annapurni. Subramaniam , C. Anu Radha

The paper demonstrates the spectroscopic and photometric capabilities of the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) to study T-Tauri stars (TTSs). We present the first UVIT/Far-UV (FUV) spectrum of a TTS, TW Hya. Based on C~{\sc iv} line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Prasanta K. Nayak , Mayank Narang , P. Manoj , D. K. Ojha , U. S. Kamath , Blesson Mathew , T. Baug , S. Vig , S. Chandra , G. Maheswar

The UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. It is designed to capture the early (approximately 1 minute) UV and optical photons from the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts in the…

The $\textrm{HRI}_\textrm{EUV}$ telescope was calibrated on ground at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany's national metrology institute, using the Metrology Light Source (MLS) synchrotron in April 2017 during the…

The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is scheduled to be launched as a part of the ASTROSAT satellite. As part of the mission planning for the instrument we have studied the efficacy of UVIT observations for interstellar extinction…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-12 S. Ravichandran , Preethi Krishnamoorthy , Margarita Safonova , Jayant Murthy

The Voyagers (V) 1 and 2 Ultraviolet Spectrometers (UVS) data harvest covers outer planets encounters, heliosphere sky-background measurements, and stellar spectrophotometry. Because their operation period overlaps with many ultraviolet…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-12 Lotfi Ben-Jaffel , Jay B. Holberg

For bright transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), the Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) operates under event mode at early phases, which records incident positions and arrival time for each photon. The event file is able to be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-18 Hao Zhou , Zhi-Ping Jin , Stefano Covino , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

We present the in-orbit calibration of the Visible Telescope (VT), one of the key instruments aboard the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) mission for gamma-ray burst (GRB) studies. Using Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3) as a reference, the VT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-28 Zhu-Heng Yao , Yu-Lei Qiu , Jin-Song Deng , Li-Ping Xin , Chao Wu , Hua-Li Li , Jing Wang , Yi-Nuo Ma , Hong-Bo Cai , Xu-Hui Han , Jian-Yan Wei , Betrand Cordier

The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomical Satellite (ULTRASAT) is a scientific UV space telescope that will operate in geostationary orbit. The mission, targeted to launch in 2024, is led by the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in Israel…

The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) was launched as part of the multi-wavelength Indian ASTROSAT mission on 28 September, 2015 into a low Earth orbit. A 6-month performance verification (PV) phase ended in March 2016, and the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-14 Jayant Murthy , P. T. Rahna , Firoza Sutaria , Margarita Safonova , S. B. Gudennavar , S. G. Bubbly

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) has been observed with the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) instrument onboard the AstroSat Observatory. The M31 sky area was covered with 19 fields, in multiple UV filters per field, over the period of 2017…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-11 D. A. Leahy , J. Postma , M. Buick , C. Morgan , L. Bianchi , J. Hutchings

Over the last 5 years, UVIT has completed observations of more than 500 proposals with ~ 800 unique pointings. In addition, regular planned monitoring observations have been made and from their analysis various key parameters related to in…

We present the first Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow catalog. The catalog contains data from over 64,000 independent UVOT image observations of 229 GRBs first detected by Swift, the High Energy…

During the UIT/Astro Spacelab missions, the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope obtained spatially resolved far-UV (lambda 1500 A) imagery of ~35 galaxies exhibiting recent massive star formation. The sample includes disk systems, irregular,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Michael N. Fanelli , Theodore P. Stecher , the UIT Science Team