Speaker
Dr
Stalin Chelliah Subramonian
(Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore)
Description
The UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the scientific payloads on board India's first multi-wavelength astronomical satellite AstroSat launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on 28 September 2015. Along with UVIT and other X-ray instruments, AstroSat has the unique capability of simultaneously imaging a celestial source from the ultraviolet to the hard X-ray band. UVIT is working as per the design specifications and has started to produce interesting results. This talk will focus on details of UVIT, its unique capabilities, planning an observation with UVIT, recent interesting results from UVIT and possible synergies between UVIT and other Belgian telescopes.
Primary author
Dr
Stalin Chelliah Subramonian
(Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore)
