Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
(FUSE, Explorer 77)
(early 2000s space telescope for short-wavelength ultraviolet)
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
was a NASA Medium-class Explorer Program (MIDEX)
space-based telescope for far ultraviolet spectrography,
launched in 1999 into Earth orbit and operated until 2007.
Though it is not in use, I believe it is still in orbit.
Among its goals were determination of the
deuterium present in the universe through its history.
(telescope,spacecraft,NASA,ultraviolet,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Ultraviolet_Spectroscopic_Explorer
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJ...538L...1M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ASPC..166..243S/abstract
https://archive.stsci.edu/fuse/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1999-035A
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 90.5nm | 3.4PHz | 14eV | begin | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
| 119.5nm | 2.6PHz | 10eV | end | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
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Referenced by pages:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
MAST
ultraviolet (UV)
ultraviolet astronomy
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