Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Summary
- This 12-inch telescope is one of four full-scale engineering models or prototypes for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Project Celescope. Celescope was a project in the 1960s to survey the ultraviolet sky at wavelengths invisible from the ground. Each of Celescope's reflecting telescopes was equipped with a special Uvicon television tube sensitive to ultraviolet light, set behind different filters. The signal from each telescope was telemetered back to a ground station where it was used to construct a photometric map of ultraviolet sources in the sky. The telescope system was flown on December 7, 1968 as part of Orbiting Astronomical Satellite. The data from Celescope resulted in a catalog of over 5,000 ultraviolet colors for stars.
- The telescope was transferred to NASM as part of a suite from SAO in 1973 .
- Credit Line
- Transfer from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Inventory Number
- A19731428000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Aluminum, Plastic, Glass, Rubber (Silicone), Stainless Steel, Steel, Stainless Fabric, Nylon
- Dimensions
- Storage (Rehoused on Aluminum Pallet with one other object): 121.9 × 121.9 × 121.9cm, 106.1kg (48 × 48 × 48 in., 234lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19731428000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a5d9c3a3-cb6c-470c-a23f-b6caa4e92c57
