CETUS
(concept for a 1.5-meter UV space telescope)
CETUS (for Cosmic Evolution Through Ultraviolet Spectroscopy)
is a concept for a 1.5-meter ultraviolet space telescope
contributed to the 2020 Astrophysics decadal survey.
The concept included an imager, a
multi-object spectrograph and a high resolution spectrograph,
operating at the Lagrangian point L2.
A 2029 launch was envisioned.
Cetus is the name of a constellation, and in addition to use
of the name for the above mission concept, the name is used in
designations of various astronomical objects located in the
constellation, such as the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex,
as well as a survey field (the Cetus field).
(telescope,spacecraft,NASA,ultraviolet,concept,L5)
Further reading:
https://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5043187/117-de83d52860b3b166dd2d16487768a00d_HeapSaraR.pdf
https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CETUS_Study_Rpt.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018SPIE10699E..09H/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AAS...23513002H/abstract
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 100.0nm | 3.0PHz | 12eV | begin | CETUS |
| 180.0nm | 1.7PHz | 6.9eV | end | CETUS |
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