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Far-ultraviolet astronomy on the Astro-1 space shuttle missionThe Astro-1 mission obtained observations related to a wide variety of current problems in astronomy during a 9-day flight of the space shuttle Columbia. Early results from one of the instruments, the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, are reviewed here. Among these are new insights concerning the origin of the ultraviolet light from the old stellar population in elliptical galaxies, new evidence for a hot, gaseous corona surrounding the Milky Way, improved views of the physical conditions in active galactic nuclei, and a measurement of the ionization state of the local interstellar medium.
Document ID
19930042125
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Davidsen, Arthur F.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 15, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 259
Issue: 5093
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A26122
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-27000
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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