A GALEX instrument overview and lessons learned

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Morrissey, Patrick ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector; GALEX; Lessons learned; Microchannel plate; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; MULTILAYERS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GALEX; LESSONS LEARNED; MICROCHANNEL PLATES;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749039489     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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