We report on the status of modifications to an existing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) telescope/spectrograph sounding rocket payload for planetary observations in the 800 - 1200 angstrom wavelength band. The instrument is composed of an existing Wolter Type II grazing incidence telescope, a newly built 0.4-m normal incidence Rowland Circle spectrograph, and an open-structure resistive-anode microchannel plate detector. The modified payload has successfully completed three NASA sounding rocket flights within 1994 - 1995. Future flights are anticipated for additional studies of planetary and cometary atmospheres and intersteller absorption. A detailed description of the payload, along with the performance characteristics of the integrated instrument are presented. In addition, some preliminary flight results from the above three missions are also presented.


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    Title :

    Extreme ultraviolet spectrograph sounding rocket payload: recent modifications for planetary observations in the EUV/FUV


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI ; 1995 ; San Diego,CA,United States


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    Publication date :

    1995-09-01





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English