Hubble Space Telescope - The mission

Journal Article · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Sky and Telescope; (USA)

OSTI ID:6807230

Chaisson, E J; Villard, R ^[1]

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1. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (USA)

Much of the observational time during the early months of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) orbital operation will be devoted to tasks set by the scientific teams responsible for the design of the HST's six instruments; afterwards, proposals for observations will be selected and scheduled by a peer-review process. It is expected that users will give attention to the fine details of interstellar medium flow, the process of star formation, and the characteristics of globular star clusters, white dwarfs, novae, supernovae, stellar black holes, normal and active galaxies, supermassive black holes, and quasars.

• OSTI ID: 6807230
• Journal Information: Sky and Telescope; (USA), Journal Name: Sky and Telescope; (USA) Vol. 79; ISSN SKTEA; ISSN 0037-6604
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640100* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ASTRONOMY
BLACK HOLES
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
DWARF STARS
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
GALAXIES
IMAGES
QUASARS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESOLUTION
STAR CLUSTERS
STAR EVOLUTION
STARS
SUPERNOVAE
TELESCOPES
VARIABLE STARS
WHITE DWARF STARS