Upcoming Indian facility: UVIT on ASTROSAT

dc.contributor.author	Subramaniam, A
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-18T11:54:44Z
dc.date.available	2013-02-18T11:54:44Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.citation	ASI Conference Series, Vol. 4, pp. 165-172	en
dc.identifier.isbn	978-81-922926-2-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/6000
dc.description	Open Access	en
dc.description.abstract	An overview of the upcoming ASTROSAT mission with its five instruments on board is presented. UVIT instrument is discussed in detail along with the ground calibrations and plans for in-orbit calibrations. The UVIT filter system and their effective areas are presented. General science goals of UVIT are presented and some specific science goals related to star formation are discussed.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in:8081/~basi/ASICS_4/Abstracts/165-annapurni.html	en
dc.rights	© Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.subject	Telescopes -- ultraviolet	en
dc.subject	Stars	en
dc.title	Upcoming Indian facility: UVIT on ASTROSAT	en
dc.type	Article	en