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Low‐dispersion spectroscopy with cubesats and photographic plates
Author(s) -
Hudec R.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201813517
Subject(s) - cubesat , stars , spectroscopy , dispersion (optics) , physics , astronomy , optics , remote sensing , geology , satellite
We will briefly present the proposal for the UV experiment based on low‐dispersion spectroscopy (LDS) of stars for cubesat mission, as well as the potential of LDS with digitized photographic plates taken mostly by Schmidt telescopes. Extended databases of these records are available at numerous observatories, mainly in the United States, with the total estimated number exceeding 100,000. They represent a valuable source of astrophysical information, especially for automated searches for objects with peculiar spectra as well as for (prominent) spectral changes.