Results from the Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST)
Abstract
We present early results from the Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST), which flew in March 1992 with the ATLAS space shuttle mission. The telescope provides wide-field images in the far ultraviolet (1400-1800Å). Studies underway using the data obtained on this mission include establishing the brightness and distribution of far ultraviolet stars in the halo of our Galaxy, establishing the far ultraviolet properties of nearby galaxies and nearby clusters of galaxies, analyzing the diffuse galactic light, and searching for the origin of the extragalactic ultraviolet light. We discuss the instrument performance, and early results from these observations.
- Publication:
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Advances in Space Research
- Pub Date:
- December 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0273-1177(93)90174-A
- Bibcode:
- 1993AdSpR..13l.631S
- Keywords:
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- Evaluation;
- Far Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Galactic Clusters;
- Galactic Halos;
- Galaxies;
- Ultraviolet Astronomy;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Imagery;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Ultraviolet Telescopes;
- Astronomy