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- GALEX - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer
- GALEX is a NASA Explorer that will use ultraviolet all-sky imaging and
deep imaging and spectroscopic surveys in the 1400-2800 Angstrom band to (1)
relate the observed UV properties of galaxies to global star formation rate
and extinction; (2) measure the star formation rate in the local universe; (3)
trace the star formation history of the Universe over 0<z<2; (4) along with
SIRTF, HST, DEEP, and SDSS determine the history of galaxy growth, the star
formation weighted history of bias and large scale structure, and the star
formation weighted starburst history.
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- IGM Project
- The goal of the Intergalactic Medium project is to develop new
instrumentation to study IGM emission from the ground and in space, and to
simulate UV/optical emission from the Warm/Hot Intergalactic medium
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- NUVIEWS - Narrow band UV Imaging Experiment for WIde Field Surveys
- The Narrow-band Ultraviolet Imaging Experiment for Wide-Field Surveys is a
sounding rocket experiment designed to study the dynamical interstellar medium
in the Milky Way by mapping continuum and line emission from the diffuse UV
background. The experiment consists of 4 wide-field telescopes (20 x 30
degrees) tuned to 4 narrow far ultraviolet bands: 147, 155, 161, and 172
nm. The first flight of NUVIEWS occurred in July, 1996, during which 1/4 of the
sky was mapped. Flight 2 is planned for April, 2002. The entire sky will
be mapped after 4 flights.
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- Pulsar Camera
- The pulsar camera is a phase-binning CCD designed to determine photometric
and photo-polarimetric light-curves for objects with known periodicities, such
as pulsars.
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- EXPOSE - Ex Post-factor Synthesis Experiment
- EXPOSE is an interferometer system designed to study atmospheric and
laboratory turbulence, and to make full-aperture diffraction limited images
and cross-spectral phase maps of astronomical objects.
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