FUSE: Lessons learned for future FUV missions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5488, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Moos, H Warren ^a   McCandliss, Stephan R ^a   Kruk, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Far ultraviolet; FUSE; Satellites; UV astronomy; UV detectors; UV reflectivity

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SATELLITES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FAR ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPIC EXPLORER (FUSE); SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) ASTRONOMY; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) REFLECTIVITY;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 10044283240     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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