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Galaxy Evolution Explorer

(GALEX, Explorer 83, SMEX-7)
(observatory-satellite with 50-cm ultraviolet telescope)

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) was a NASA Small Explorer Program (SMEX) ultraviolet space telescope launched in 2003 and active until 2012, operated by JPL. It remains in low Earth orbit, expected to remain there until at least 2068. The aim was ultraviolet exploration of the observable universe to investigate star formation in galaxies. Among the surveys were conducted with it:

MCAT (for Merged Catalog) is a merged catalog of GALEX sources.

(telescope,spacecraft,ultraviolet,NASA,JPL,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GALEX
http://www.galex.caltech.edu/
http://galex.stsci.edu/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...619L...1M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AIPC..761..331M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AdSpR..53..900B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014Ap%26SS.354..103B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJS..230...24B/abstract
PrefixExample  
GALEX ASCGALEX ASC J011136.63+225357.5or GALEXASC, "all sky catalog"
GUVVGUVV J124328.2-055431.7UV variabilityhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AJ....130..825W/abstract

Referenced by pages:
AEGIS
COLD GASS
GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey (GASS)
GOALS
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
MAST
The Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies (SINGG)
ultraviolet (UV)
ultraviolet astronomy
WiggleZ
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