Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope

Photo of the HUT by NASA photographer CI Thornton.

The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), and the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimetry Experiment (WUPPE) in the hold during the STS-35 mission

The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) was a space telescope for the ultraviolet spectral range with a mirror diameter of 90 cm, which was used together with other telescopes in the shuttle missions STS-35 (Astro-1, December 2-11, 1990) and STS-67 ( Astro-2, March 2-18, 1995) was used.

HUT was developed by the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The only observation instrument was a spectrograph that covered the wavelength ranges 82.5 to 185 nm and 42 to 92.5 nm with about 0.3 nm resolution. Together with two other ultraviolet telescopes UIT and WUPPE , HUT was mounted on the jointly adjustable observation platform IPS in the cargo bay of the space shuttle. In total, over 300 celestial objects, from planets to active galaxies , were observed.

Web link

• Johns Hopkins University HUT website