Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
(OAO)
(series of 1960s-1970s NASA space telescopes)
The name Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
(OAO) was used for four NASA
space telescopes launched in the 1960s and 1970s.
Two of them failed before observing, OAO-1 and OAO-B.
OAO-2, named Stargazer, was operational
1969-1973, hosting a number of ultraviolet (UV)
telescopes (one set of them named the Celescope)
and was the first successful space telescope.
OAO-3, named Copernicus, was operational from
1972-1981, hosting both UV and X-ray telescopes.
(telescopes,space)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Astronomical_Observatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Astronomical_Observatory_2
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962saa..conf...55S/abstract
http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1963SSRv....2..621R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968SAOSR.282.....D/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970ApJ...161..377C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971IAUS...41..334J/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972NASSP.310.....C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981EOSTr..62...44B/abstract
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-s-first-stellar-observatory-oao-2-turns-50
| Prefix | Example | | |
| OAO | OAO 1653-40 | | |
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Referenced by page:
ultraviolet astronomy
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