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In-orbit performance of UVIT over the past 5 years
Over the last 5 years, UVIT has completed observations of more than 500 proposals with \(\sim 800\) ...
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In-orbit Performance of UVIT and First Results
The performance of the ultraviolet telescope (UVIT) on-board AstroSat is reported. The performance in orbit is also compared with estimates made from the calibrations done on the ground. The sensitivity is fou...
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The UVIT telescopes on the Astrosat observatory
The UVIT telescopes are a payload package on the ISRO Astrosat observatory. They are co-aligned with three X-ray telescopes, and will operate simultaneously with them. The overall observatory is summarized, an...
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Kinematics and Morphology of the Resolved Narrow Line Region in NGC 4151
A complement of HST narrow band images, STIS slitless and long-slit spectra have been employed to probe the morphology, kinematics, dynamics, and ionization structure of the near-nuclear region in NGC 4151. The i...
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An imaging optical/UV monitor for X-ray astronomy observatories
The understanding of high-energy astrophysical sources often depends on observations over the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Yet, extensive multifrequency observing campaigns can consume the resources of a l...
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The synthesis of close-binary light curves IV: An application to TX ursae majoris and MR Cygni
A full description is given of the theory used in light curve synthesis, for binary stars showing various degrees of interaction. For strongly interacting pairs, an iterative mutual heating calculation is intr...