The Hubble Space Telescope

Author

Macchetto, F. Duccio

Author_Institution

Space Telescope Sci. Inst., USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

966

Abstract

The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the world´s pre-eminent observatories. The scientific results from this telescope have already revolutionized our understanding of the Universe, have answered many key questions of modern astrophysics and just as important the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a number of new phenomena now being investigated with follow-up space and ground based observations. I will describe the key characteristics of the observatory, its complement of current and future scientific instruments and the highlights of the scientific program being carried-out

Keywords

astronomical telescopes; reviews; COSTAR deployment; Hubble Space Telescope; NIR camera; corrective optics; digital imaging; faint object camera; fine guidance sensors; future scientific instruments; imaging spectrograph; modular packages; multi-object spectrometer; observatory characteristics; orbital replacement units; planet images; scientific program overview; stellar evolution; wide field planetary camera; Cameras; Extraterrestrial phenomena; High speed optical techniques; Jupiter; Observatories; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Planets; Saturn; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1999. IMTC/99. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE

Conference_Location

Venice

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5276-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1999.777005

Filename

777005