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The Magellan project |
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| Authors: | M. Grewing A. Vidal-Madjar A. Labeque C. Laurent A. Boksenberg C. Burgio S. di Serego Alighieri G.P. Whitcomb W. Burton C.I. Coleman R. Hoekstra C. Jamar J. Lequeux P. Rafanelli |
| Affiliation: | Astronomisches Institut der Universität Tübingen, FRG;Laboratoire de Physique Stellaire et Planétaire, Verrières-le-Buisson, France;Royal Greenwich Observatory, Hailsham, UK;European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands;Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories, Chilton, UK;Marconi Space and Defence Systems, Stanmore, UK;Laboratorium voor Ruimte-Onderzoek, Utrecht, Netherlands;Institut d''Astrophysique, Liège, Belgium;Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France;Osservatorio Astronomico, Padova, Italy |
| Abstract: | Magellan is one of the future space projects being studied by the European Space Agency. The aim is to provide high resolution (λ/Δλ ≥ 2.5 × 104) spectra in the far and extreme UV (between 500 and 1550 Å) of faint galactic and extragalactic objects (V ≤ 16m). The instrument consists of a mechanical collimator, a concave holographic grating and a bidimensional photon-counting detector. A low resolution mode (λ/Δλ ≥ 103) will provide spectra of objects as faint as 18m.5. Magellan is planned as an observatory, operated in real time, and allowing interaction with the observer. |
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