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Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) Project Files

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Creator:
Johns Hopkins University  Search this
Names:
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope  Search this
Extent:
7.36 Cubic feet ((6 records center boxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Memoranda
Schedules
Proposals
Reports
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of the central file for the HUT and documents the technical history of the construction of the actual flight artifact. The six cubic feet of material includes drawings as well as the following types of project documentation: project outlines, progress and status reports, memorandums, summaries, schedules, and proposals.
Biographical / Historical:
The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) project was conceived, designed, and built by astronomers and engineers at John Hopkins University to perform astronomical observations in the far-ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, wavelengths of light that are inaccessible to ground-based telescopes. HUT's primary purpose was to observe wavelengths of light that are too short to be seen with the Hubble Space Telescope, although overlap was provided to allow direct comparison. The telescope flew twice aboard the space shuttle, once in December 1990 and again in March 1995, as part of a package of instruments called the Astro Observatory. HUT has been used to observe hundreds of objects, including stars, planets, and quasars. The HUT was donated to the National Air and Space Museum in 2001 and is currently part of the Explore the Universe Exhibition.
General:
The history of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) for this record was taken in part from the John Hopkins website at http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/hut.html.
Provenance:
Johns Hopkins University, Gift, 2002
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Astronomy  Search this
Telescopes  Search this
Spectrum analysis -- Instruments  Search this
Space shuttles  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Memoranda
Schedules
Proposals
Reports
Citation:
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) Project Files, Accession 2002-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2002.0025
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg240c3798e-9729-48bd-9e9b-eabdbc062c74
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2002-0025