Upcoming Indian facility: UVIT on ASTROSAT

Annapurni Subramaniam*
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru 560034, India

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Abstract

An overview of the upcoming ASTROSAT mission with its five instruments on board is presented. UVIT instrument is discussed in detail along with the ground calibrations and plans for in-orbit calibrations. The UVIT filter system and their e ective areas are presented. General science goals of UVIT are presented and some specific science goals related to star formation are discussed.

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Keywords : telescopes – ultraviolet: stars