Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST; in orbit since 1990) and for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST; scheduled to be launched in 2014). STScI is located on the Johns ...Ultraviolet Astronomy
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Late in the 19th century, scientists began discovering forms of light which were invisible to the naked eye: X-Rays, gamma rays, radio waves, microwaves, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared radiation. This had a major impact on astronomy, spawning the fields of infrared astronomy, radio...
* - Astron-1. * - Astrosat. * - Astronomical Netherlands Satellite. * (ESA) - Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. * - FUSE. * - GALEX. * (ESA) - Hubble Space Telescope. * (ESA) - International Ultraviolet Explorer. * - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory. * - Swift Gamma-Ray Burst...
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Ultraviolet astronomy is generally used to refer to observations of electromagnetic radiation at ultraviolet wavelengths between approximately 10 and 320 nanometres; shorter wavelengths—higher energy photons—are studied by X-ray astronomy and gamma ray astronomy. Light at these wavelengths is absorbed by ...
Galileo Galilei was the first person known to have turned a telescope to the heavens and to record what he saw. Since that time, observational astronomy has made steady advances with each improvement in telescope technology. A traditional division of ...
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) was a space telescope for ultraviolet (UV) astronomy, launched on June 7, 1992. With instruments for UV radiation between wavelengths of 7 and 76 nm, the EUVE was the first satellite mission especially for the short-wave ...
After galaxies external to the Milky Way were found to exist, initial observations were made mostly using visible light. The peak radiation of most stars lies here, so the observation of the stars that form galaxies has been a major ...
Signe 3 carried two scientific experiments, one for gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range 20 keV to 10 MeV, and one for continuous monitoring of the solar spectrum in two ultraviolet bands (180.0 to 195.0& nm and 205.0 to 220.0& ...
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