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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 Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board AstroSat is an active telescope capable of high-resolution far-ultraviolet imaging (<1.5'') and low resolution (${\lambda}/{\delta}{\lambda}$ $\approx$ 100) slitless spectroscopy with a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-02 Prajwel Joseph , S. N. Tandon , S. K. Ghosh , C. S. Stalin

We describe calibration data, and discuss performance of the photon-counting flight detectors for the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescopes on the Astrosat observatory. The paper describes dark current, flat field and light-spot images for FUV,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Postma , J. B. Hutchings , D. Leahy

The World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) will provide access to the UV range during the next decade. The instrumentation on board will allow to carry out high resolution imaging, high sensitivity imaging, high resolution (R~55000)…

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…

AstroSat is India's first Ultra-violet (UV) and X-ray astronomy observatory in space. The satellite was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on 28 September 2015 from Sriharikota Range north…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Kulinder Pal Singh

During the Astro-1 and Astro-2 Space Shuttle missions in 1990 and 1995, far ultraviolet (FUV) images of five 40' diameter fields around the rim of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant were observed with the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT).…

The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) is an instrument onboard the Aditya-L1 mission of ISRO that will measure and monitor the solar radiation emitted in the near-ultraviolet wavelength range (200-400 nm). SUIT will simultaneously…

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 World Space Observatory - Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) space telescope is equipped with high dispersion (55,000) spectrographs working in the 1150-3100 {\AA} spectral range. To evaluate the impact of the design on the scientific objectives of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-13 Pablo Marcos-Arenal , Ana I. Gómez de Castro , Belén Perea Abarca , Mikhail Sachkov

The all sky surveys done by the Palomar Observatory Schmidt, the European Southern Observatory Schmidt, and the United Kingdom Schmidt, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite and the 2 Micron All Sky Survey have proven to be extremely useful…

This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Visible Camera (VIS) on the ESA Euclid mission. VIS is a large optical-band imager with a field of view of 0.54 deg^2 sampled at 0.1" with an array of 609 Megapixels and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , M. S. Cropper , A. Al-Bahlawan , J. Amiaux , S. Awan , R. Azzollini , K. Benson , M. Berthe , J. Boucher , E. Bozzo , C. Brockley-Blatt , G. P. Candini , C. Cara , R. A. Chaudery , R. E. Cole , P. Danto , J. Denniston , A. M. Di Giorgio , B. Dryer , J. -P. Dubois , J. Endicott , M. Farina , E. Galli , L. Genolet , J. P. D. Gow , P. Guttridge , M. Hailey , D. Hall , C. Harper , H. Hoekstra , A. D. Holland , B. Horeau , D. Hu , R. E. James , A. Khalil , R. King , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , C. Larcheveque , A. Lawrenson , P. Liebing , S. J. Liu , J. Martignac , R. Massey , H. J. McCracken , L. Miller , N. Murray , R. Nakajima , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , S. Paltani , A. Pendem , A. Philippon , C. Plana , P. Pool , S. Pottinger , G. D. Racca , J. Rhodes , A. Rousseau , K. Ruane , M. Salatti , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Sciortino , A. Short , J. Skottfelt , S. J. A. Smit , I. Swindells , M. Szafraniec , P. D. Thomas , W. Thomas , E. Tommasi , S. Tosti , F. Visticot , D. M. Walton , G. Willis , B. Winter , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , H. Aussel , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , R. Bender , F. Bernardeau , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , R. Casas , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Crocce , J. -G. Cuby , J. -C. Cuillandre , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , J. Dinis , C. Dolding , M. Douspis , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , M. Fabricius , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , P. Franzetti , P. -A. Frugier , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , O. Herent , J. Hoar , M. S. Holliman , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , S. Ilić , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , R. Laureijs , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , T. Nutma , C. Padilla , K. Paech , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. 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World Space Observatory UltraViolet (WSO-UV) is a multipurpose space observatory, made by a 170 cm aperture telescope, capable of UV high-resolution spectroscopy, long slit low-resolution spectroscopy, and deep UV and optical imaging. With…

The Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments onboard the Swift observatory. The photometric calibration has been published, and this paper follows up with details on other aspects of the calibration including a…

The ultraviolet (UV) astronomy is a very demanded branch of space astronomy. Many dozens of short-term UV-experiments in space, as well as long-term observatories, have brought a very important knowledge on the physics and chemistry of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 B. Shustov , A. I. G'omez de Castro , M. Sachkov , J. C. Vallejo , P. Marcos-Arenal , E. Kanev , I. Savanov , A. Shugarov , S. Sichevskii

Time-series photometry from space in the ultraviolet can be presently done with only a few platforms, none of which is able to provide wide-field long-term high-cadence photometry. We present a concept of UVSat, a twin space telescope which…

We present the entire sample of ultraviolet (UV) spectra of supernovae (SNe) obtained with the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on board the Swift satellite during the first 2 years of observations (2005/2006). A total of 29 UV-grism…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 F. Bufano , S. Immler , M. Turatto , W. Landsman , P. Brown , S. Benetti , E. Cappellaro , S. T. Holland , P. Mazzali , P. Milne , N. Panagia , E. Pian , P. Roming , L. Zampieri , A. A. Breeveld , N. Gehrels

We have designed and developed a compact ultraviolet imaging payload to fly on a range of possible platforms such as high altitude balloon experiments, cubesats, space missions, etc. The primary science goals are to study the bright UV…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-24 Joice Mathew , Ajin Prakash , Mayuresh Sarpotdar , A. G. Sreejith , Margarita Safonova , Jayant Murthy

The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomical Satellite is a scientific space mission carrying an astronomical telescope. The mission is led by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Israel Space Agency, while the camera in the focal…