Integration, alignment, and initial performance results of the far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer(FUSE) spectrograph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 18-29

  Wilkinson, Erik ^a   Green, James C ^a   Osterman, Steven N ^a   Brownsberger, Kenneth R ^a   Sahnow, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FUSE; High resolution; Space; Spectrograph; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION CONTROL; FAR ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPIC EXPLORER; HIGH RESOLUTION; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITIES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE; THERMAL DISTORTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET;

ALIGNMENT; ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC FUSES; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTROGRAPHS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SATELLITES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

INSTRUMENT TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPHS;

STABILITY TESTING; THERMAL DISTORTION;

EID: 0032290629     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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