University of Wisconsin--Madison. Dept. of Astronomy.
University of Wisconsin Department of Astronomy High Speed Photometer records, date unknown.
Records of the simplest of the five original scientific instruments on board the Hubble Space Telescope, the High Speed Photometer (HSP) had no moving parts. Its five detectors measured the brightness of celestial objects in several different spectral bands in the ultraviolet, as well as their brightnesses in visible wavelengths. With funding provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Photometer was built at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, by astronomers, engineers, technicians, and students at the Space Astronomy Laboratory and the Space Science and Engineering Center. Measuring 3 by 3 by 6 feet, HSP is about the size of a telephone booth and weighs 600 pounds. Principal investigator was Dr. Robert C. Bless.
Founded in 1848, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. The Department of Astronomy is part of the College of Arts and Letters, and includes the Washburn Observatory, Woodman Astronomical Library and the Space Astronomy Laboratory.
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Dept. of Astronomy.
Astronomy -- Study and teaching.
Photometry
Bless, Robert C., 1927-
AIP-ICOS
University of Wisconsin--Madison. University Archives. Steenbock Library, Madison, WI 53706, USA