• Top view into Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope Module
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    Original 36-inch reflecting telescope that flew on the Shuttle twice as part of the ASTRO mission. It employs a medium dispersion spectrometer at a modified prime focus. It was designed to observe faint celestial objects in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum.
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Eric Long
Date Created
03/02/2017
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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Astronomy; Exploration; Instruments; Science; Space; Telescopes
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