Astronomical opportunities and constraints of the faint object camera
Abstract
Two extragalactic programs are explored as possible uses of the ESA Faint Object Camera. The first deals with determining nuclear velocity dispersion in normal galaxies, and the second with using galaxy core radii for cosmological purposes. The emphasis is on feasibility, therefore, realistic considerations of observing details have been included.
- Publication:
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Astronomical Uses for the Space Telescope
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980aust.conf..249C
- Keywords:
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- Cosmology;
- Galactic Structure;
- Hubble Space Telescope;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Electro-Optical Photography;
- Elliptical Galaxies;
- European Space Programs;
- Galactic Nuclei;
- Astronomy