Cosmos: Instruments & Techniques
Astronomical Instruments & Techniques includes Astrophotography, Coordinate systems, Ecliptic, Equinox, Gamma ray astrophysics, Hubble space telescope, Infrared astronomy, Interferometry, Neutrino astrophysics, Radio astronomy, Spectroscopy, Telescopes and Ultraviolet & X-ray astronomy.
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Featured Article
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
Introduction The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) was one of three ultraviolet instruments of the ASTRO-1 mission flown on the space shuttle Columbia during 2-10 December 1990. HUT obtained 106...
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Featured Blog Post
Notes from the Astronomy Underground- Astropalooza
According to the tagline in Ridley Scott’s 1979 blockbuster Alien, “In space, no one can hear you scream.” It’s true that sound waves, unlike light, need a medium- some kind of...
