Utilizing the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SwUIS) on the International Space Station

Eric Schindhelm; S. Alan Stern; Kimberly Ennico-Smith

doi:10.1117/12.2044131

26 September 2013 Utilizing the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SwUIS) on the International Space Station

Eric Schindhelm, S. Alan Stern, Kimberly Ennico-Smith

Proceedings Volume 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII; 885907 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044131
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SwUIS), a compact, low-cost instrument designed for remote sensing observations from a manned platform in space. It has two chief configurations; a high spatial resolution mode with a 7-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, and a large field-of-view camera mode using a lens assembly. It can operate with either an intensified CCD or an electron multiplying CCD camera. Interchangeable filters and lenses enable broadband and narrowband imaging at UV/visible/near-infrared wavelengths, over a range of spatial resolution. SwUIS has flown previously on Space Shuttle flights STS-85 and STS-93, where it recorded multiple UV images of planets, comets, and vulcanoids. We describe the instrument and its capabilities in detail. The SWUIS’s broad wavelength coverage and versatile range of hardware configurations make it an attractive option for use as a facility instrument for Earth science and astronomical imaging investigations aboard the International Space Station.

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Eric Schindhelm, S. Alan Stern, and Kimberly Ennico-Smith "Utilizing the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SwUIS) on the International Space Station", Proc. SPIE 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, 885907 (26 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044131

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