The UVIT telescopes on board the ISRO Astrosat Observatory
Abstract
UVIT consists of two co-aligned 38cm telescopes that provide ~1 arsec resolution imaging over 28 arcmin fields, in FUV, NUV, and Visible bands simultaneously. Each channel has a choice of filters, and, for the UV channels, gratings. UVIT is also co-aligned with three X-ray telescopes on the observatory, and all operate together. This paper gives details of the operation and performance of the instrument.
- Publication:
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Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
- Pub Date:
- July 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.2056518
- Bibcode:
- 2014SPIE.9144E..07H