Development of the spatial heterodyne spectrometer for VUV remote sensing of the interstellar medium

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4498, Issue , 2001, Pages 284-295

  Watchorn, S ^a   Roesler, F L ^a   Harlander, J ^b   Jaehnig, K P ^c   Reynolds, R J ^c   Sanders, W T ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cygnus loop; FTS; Interferometry; Interstellar medium; Sounding rocket; VUV

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GALAXIES; INTERFEROMETRY; SOUNDING ROCKETS; SPACE FLIGHT;

SHAKE TESTING; SPATIAL HETERODYNE SPECTROMETER; SUPERNOVA REMNANT;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0035763340     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450063     Document Type: Article

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