Ultraviolet study in Space
British Aerospace space and communications division has been contracted by the European Space Agency (RS.A.) to lead a feasibility study into a Space-based ultraviolet observatory. Work on the S7H,HO one-year contract will be carried out by BAe experts at Bristol, western England. The observatory will comprise an Earth-orbiting spacecraft carrying a grazing incidence telescope serving a set of ultraviolet spectrographs. The project is named Lyman after the Harvard professor, Theodore Lyman. It’s aim is to explore ultraviolet emissions which are invisible'to the human eye and w hieh cannot be detected from Farth due-to the filtering effect of the' atmosphere. Operating in largely unexplored lower ultraviolet regions, the mission will nrovide lafermation on the chemical composition and SJScar charaeUristics of yZot galaxies, and Other celesU»nch date S ndd-lH*. Lyman oteervatory <»“® “n-
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