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Wide field ultraviolet observations of Comet Halley with the FAUST Spacelab I instrument |
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| Authors: | S Bowyer R Kimble R F Malina P Lamy G Courtes J M Deharveng |
| Institution: | * Astronomy Department and Space Sciences Laboratory, University California, Berkeley, USA ** Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale, Marseille, France |
| Abstract: | The wide field (7.5°), arc minute imaging, and spectroscopic capabilities of the Far Ultraviolet FAUST telescope which will be flown on Spacelab I can provide valuable information on Comet Halley. The use of the FAUST instrument in obtaining images of the hydrogen coma at 1216 Å, and in obtaining objective grating spectroscopy from 1300–3300 Å of the comet and tail, are described. The FAUST images would provide large field of view data that are required for model calculations of gas production rates and the determination of scale lengths and lifetimes of ion species. |
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