ULTRASAT
(Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite)
(future satellite to detect UV transients)
ULTRASAT
(for Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite)
is a planned space 33-cm Schmidt camera to
detect near-UV transients.
Aims include supernova discoveries, GW detection
counterparts, and tidal disruption events (TDEs).
A 3-year operational lifetime is planned,
with a 2027 launch.
It is to have a 204 square degree FOV,
and is expected to detect on the order of a hundred
transients per day, with the aim of alerting
potential observers within 20 minutes for follow-up.
(spacecraft,telescope,ultraviolet,transients,plan)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ULTRASAT
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/ultrasat/
https://apd440.gsfc.nasa.gov/ultrasat/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14482
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~vikram/bne_talks/ofek.pdf
WaveL | Freq | Photon Energy | | |
230nm | 1.4PHz | 5.4eV | begin | ULTRASAT |
290nm | 1.1PHz | 4.3eV | end | ULTRASAT |
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Referenced by pages:
Schmidt camera
ultraviolet astronomy
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