Grazing incidence spectrometer GIS

Made:
1993-1995 in Holmbury St Mary
Grazing incidence spectrometer [GIS]

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Grazing incidence spectrometer [GIS]
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Grazing incidence spectrometer [GIS], a flight spare detector for the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer [CDS] one of twelve instruments carried on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory [SOHO]. Made at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1998-173
Materials:
aluminium, plastic, gold and complete
Measurements:
overall: 75 x 175 x 70 mm
type:
astronomical instruments and grazing incidence spectrometers
credit:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory