The Field Camera Unit (FCU) is one of the focal plane instruments aboard the WSO-UV telescope, a 1.7 m UV optimized instrument that will investigate numerous astrophysical phenomena from planetary science to cosmology. The FCU will perform deep UV and diffraction limited optical imaging in both wide and narrow band filters using three channels (FUV, NUV and UVO) optimized in different wavelength ranges and will have also spectropolarimetric capabilities. The total wavelength range covered by the instrument will go from 115 nm to 700 nm. The FCU instrument will be developed and realized by the italian scientific and industrial community. This paper will describe the scientific capabilities of the camera, its architecture and the expected performances.

The Field Camera Unit project for the WSO-UV space telescope / S. Scuderi; I. Pagano; M. Fiorini; L. Gambicorti; A. Gherardi; F. Gianotti; D. Magrin; M. Miccolis; M. Munari; E. Pace; C. Pontoni; M. Trifoglio; M. Uslenghi; B. Shustov. - In: MEMORIE DELLA SOCIETÀ ASTRONOMICA ITALIANA. - ISSN 1824-016X. - STAMPA. - 78:(2007), pp. 697-703.

The Field Camera Unit project for the WSO-UV space telescope

GAMBICORTI, LISA;GHERARDI, ALESSANDRO;PACE, EMANUELE;
2007

Abstract

The Field Camera Unit (FCU) is one of the focal plane instruments aboard the WSO-UV telescope, a 1.7 m UV optimized instrument that will investigate numerous astrophysical phenomena from planetary science to cosmology. The FCU will perform deep UV and diffraction limited optical imaging in both wide and narrow band filters using three channels (FUV, NUV and UVO) optimized in different wavelength ranges and will have also spectropolarimetric capabilities. The total wavelength range covered by the instrument will go from 115 nm to 700 nm. The FCU instrument will be developed and realized by the italian scientific and industrial community. This paper will describe the scientific capabilities of the camera, its architecture and the expected performances.
2007
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S. Scuderi; I. Pagano; M. Fiorini; L. Gambicorti; A. Gherardi; F. Gianotti; D. Magrin; M. Miccolis; M. Munari; E. Pace; C. Pontoni; M. Trifoglio; M. U...espandi
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