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    Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE, Explorer 77, and MIDEX-0) represented the next generation, high-orbit, ultraviolet space observatory covering...
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    Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE or Explorer 67) was a NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy. EUVE was a part of NASA's Explorer spacecraft...
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    International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE or Explorer 57, formerly SAS-D) was the first space observatory primarily designed to take ultraviolet (UV) electromagnetic...
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    UVEX (category Explorers Program)
    The Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX) is an upcoming wide-field ultraviolet space telescope from NASA scheduled to launch in 2030. UVEX will build off of previous...
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    - Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (flew in 1990 and 1995) - ROSAT XUV (17-210eV) (30-6 nm, 1990–1999) - Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (90.5-119...
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    GALEX (redirect from Explorer 82)
    Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX or Explorer 83 or SMEX-7) was a NASA orbiting space telescope designed to observe the universe in ultraviolet wavelengths...
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    Ultraviolet radiation, also known as simply UV, is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light,...
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    heavily involved with the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer project. The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, a NASA explorer class satellite mission, was launched...
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    Extreme ultraviolet radiation (EUV or XUV) or high-energy ultraviolet radiation is electromagnetic radiation in the part of the electromagnetic spectrum...
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  • Thumbnail for Cosmic Background Explorer
    The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE /ˈkoʊbi/ KOH-bee), also referred to as Explorer 66, was a NASA satellite dedicated to cosmology, which operated from...
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  • environmental changes and global warming. The Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer (TAUVEX) is a space telescope array conceived by Noah Brosch of Tel...
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  • chromospheric rotation of RS CVn and BY Dra stars with the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite. Andrews, now retired, and his wife, Mette, live in Dore...
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    Ultraviolet Explorer space telescope. Since 2002 Weaver has worked at the Applied Physics Laboratory. He is co-investigator on the Alice ultraviolet imaging...
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    the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE), the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE), and the Galaxy...
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    the International Ultraviolet Explorer, the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Infrared Observer and the Extreme Ultraviolet Observer. Stern was...
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  • Photokeratitis or ultraviolet keratitis is a painful eye condition caused by exposure of insufficiently protected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from...
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    white dwarf binary TV Columbae using data from the International Ultraviolet Explorer. However the data was not sufficient to infer the physical mechanism...
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    The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64) was a 1980s NASA spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth's...
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    observations in the ultra-violet as early as 1962. The International Ultraviolet Explorer (1978) systematically surveyed the sky for eighteen years, using...
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    star designation LW Hydrae. When observed in ultraviolet wavelengths by the International Ultraviolet Explorer, a very hot companion star was discovered...
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  • High Energy Transient Explorer 1 (HETE-1) was a NASA astronomical satellite with international participation (mainly Japan and France). The concept of...
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    Gehrels Swift Observatory, previously called the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, is a NASA three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma-ray bursts...
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  • first all sky survey in the ultraviolet. Wilson was best known for his role as "father" of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite. This had...
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    Berkeley, in 1979. He was principal investigator for the NASA Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite at the University of California, Berkeley. He is former...
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    it can only be observed with satellites such as the International Ultraviolet Explorer. In 1977, Stencel published a spectroscopic survey that showed that...
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    List of space telescopes (category Ultraviolet telescopes)
    observatories) is grouped by major frequency ranges: gamma ray, x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, microwave, and radio. Telescopes that work in multiple...
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  • The Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer, or TAUVEX (Hebrew: טאווקס), is a space telescope array conceived by Noah Brosch of Tel Aviv University and...
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    Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United States to achieve orbit. Over 90 space missions have been launched since. Starting with Explorer 6...
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  • real time remotely operated ultraviolet orbital observatory. USA (NASA) ESA UK (SERC) International Ultraviolet Explorer 20 November 1978 First spacecraft...
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    (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration, Explorer 78 or MIDEX-1) was a NASA Medium Explorer mission that studied the global response of the Earth's...
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