The Hubble Space Telescope Scientific Instruments

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. MOORE
Keyword(s):  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
Space Telescope

scholarly journals Synthetic Photometry and the Calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope

1986 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 833-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Koornneef ◽  
R. Bohlin ◽  
R. Buser ◽  
K. Horne ◽  
D. Turnshek
Keyword(s):  
Full Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Sensitivity Functions

AbstractThe combined Scientific Instruments (SIs) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) feature an extensive wavelength coverage in both photometric and spectrophotometric modes with an overall dynamic range of more than twenty-five magnitudes. We demonstrate how synthetic photometry techniques are to be used to establish and maintain their calibration. This approach makes efficient use of limited HST observing time by taking full advantage of pre-launch knowledge on the SI sensitivity functions and calibration targets.

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE VIA THE WEB

1994 ◽  
Vol 05 (05) ◽  
pp. 811-816
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER P. O’DEA
Keyword(s):  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Tiff Format ◽  
Space Telescope Science Institute

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) makes available a wide variety of information concerning the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) via the Space Telescope Electronic Information Service (STEIS). STEIS is accessible via anonymous ftp, gopher, WAIS, and WWW. The information on STEIS includes how to propose for time on the HST, the current status of HST, reports on the scientific instruments, the observing schedule, data reduction software, calibration files, and a set of publicly available images in JPEG, GIF and TIFF format. STEIS serves both the astronomical community as well as the larger Internet community. WWW is currently the most widely used interface to STEIS. Future developments on STEIS are expected to include larger amounts of hypertext, especially HST images and educational material of interest to students, educators, and the general public, and the ability to query proposal status.

scholarly journals Prospects for space Telescope in the search for other Planetary Systems

1985 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
J. L. Russell
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Faint Object

The Hubble Space Telescope (ST) will be launched with five dedicated scientific instruments and a capability to do astrometric measurements with the fine guidance sensors. Four of these – the Faint Object Camera, the Wide Field Camera, the Fine Guidance Sensors and the High Speed Photometer – can be used in the search for extrasolar planetary systems. The Faint Object Camera will be able to directly detect planets around a few of the nearby bright stars. The Wide Field Camera and the Fine Guidance Sensors can be used astrometrically, both with an accuracy of about 2 mas per observation. The High Speed Photometer possibly can detect planets during occultation of stars by the moon and minor planets. The ST is expected to be launched in mid-1986 and these observations are the among the first planned with the instruments.

An AI scheduling environment for the Hubble Space Telescope

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY SPONSLER ◽  
MARK JOHNSTON ◽  
GLENN MILLER ◽  
ANTHONY KRUEGER ◽  
MICHAEL LUCKS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Space Telescope
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