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Ultraviolet Astronomy

Ultraviolet astronomy is the branch of astronomy concerned with the observation and analysis of electromagnetic radiation from celestial objects at ultraviolet wavelengths (approximately 10 to 320 nanometers).

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The relationship between infrared, optical, and ultraviolet extinction

Jason A. Cardelli, Geoffrey C. Clayton, John S. Mathis · The Astrophysical Journal · 1989 · 11.9K citations

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Correcting for the Effects of Interstellar Extinction

E. L. Fitzpatrick · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1999 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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A survey of interstellar H I from L-alpha absorption measurements. II

R. C. Bohlin, Blair D. Savage, J. F. Drake · The Astrophysical Journal · 1978 · 2.6K citations

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The<i>Galaxy Evolution Explorer</i>: A Space Ultraviolet Survey Mission

D. Christopher Martin, James L. Fanson, David Schiminovich et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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<i>Allen's Astrophysical Quantities</i>

A. N. Cox, C. A. Pilachowski · Physics Today · 2000 · 2.3K citations

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  1. AV
    A. V. Filippenko

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    87 publications · 7.4K citations

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  2. TM
    Timothy M. Heckman

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    60 publications · 11.9K citations

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  3. BD
    Blair D. Savage

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    66 publications · 7.9K citations

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  4. LB
    L. Bianchi

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    80 publications · 9.4K citations

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  5. GA
    G. A. Kriss

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    67 publications · 5.1K citations

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  1. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    129 h-index

    1.5K publications

    148.2K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    125 h-index

    1.7K publications

    212.7K citations

  3. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    115 h-index

    1.4K publications

    109.7K citations

  4. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    115 h-index

    1K publications

    110.4K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    109 h-index

    1.3K publications

    126.5K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    100 h-index

    1.6K publications

    119.1K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    99 h-index

    1.1K publications

    95K citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    97 h-index

    725 publications

    59K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 3.6K publications · 254.9K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    1.3K publications · 77.6K citations

    129

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    672 publications · 38.1K citations

    94

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    264 publications · 33.9K citations

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  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 457 publications · 27.8K citations

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See also

Ultraviolet Astronomy

Observational Methods

Instrumentation

Astrophysical Sources

Data Analysis

Observational Constraints