Beskrivning : Cape Canaveral post stamp. It was the first space observatory to be operated in real time by astronomers who visited the groundstations in the United States and Europe. Astronomers made over 104,000 observations using the IUE, of objects ranging from solar system bodies to distant quasars. Among the significant scientific results from IUE data were the first large scale studies of stellar winds, accurate measurements of the way interstellar dust absorbs light, and measurements of the supernova SN1987A which showed that it defied stellar evolution theories as they then stood.

K 118 A - USA 1106 A - picture enhanced ?

Sida : kourou 218   · Ref: K  118 A

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IUE · aka EXPLORER 57, SAS D (SATELLITE) · DELTA 2914 · ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY SATELLITE