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SCAP

(1980s balloon-borne ultraviolet telescope)

SCAP (for Schmidt-Cassegrain anastigmat á champ plan, i.e., "Schmidt-Cassegrain flat field anastigmat"), was French/Swiss 130-mm balloon-borne ultraviolet (UV) telescope with a large field of view, which was used in the 1970s/1980s. Two generations were known as SCAP-1909 and SCAP-2000, the latter taking advantage of the 2000 angstrom UV atmospheric window available in the upper atmosphere.

A related 1980s-1990s project was FOCA (for Focal Corrector Anastigmat), a 40-cm balloon-borne UV telescope.


(telescope,ultraviolet,airborne,past)
Further reading:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980A%26A....81...37L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980A%26A....88...52D/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986Ap%26SS.122..109G/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990Ap%26SS.163..275R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...393..843D/abstract
https://stratocat.com.ar/fichas-e/1977/ASL-19770514.htm
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992IAUIn...2...49M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990A%26A...233L...9B/abstract
https://x.com/stratoballoon/status/1547572324869607425

Referenced by pages:
Cassegrain reflector
ultraviolet astronomy

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