TAUVEX is an Indo-Israeli
Ultraviolet Imaging Experiment that will image
large parts of the sky in the wavelength region between 1400 and 3200 Å.
The instrument consists of three equivalent 20-cm UV imaging telescopes
with a choice of filters for each telescope. Each telescope has a field
of view of about 54' and a spatial resolution of about 6" to 10", depending on the
wavelength. TAUVEX will be launched into a
geostationary
orbit as part of
ISRO's
GSAT-4
mission in 2009.
TAUVEX is a collaborative effort between the Indian Institute of Astrophysics
(PIs: Jayant Murthy and Kameswar Rao) and Tel Aviv University (PIs: Noah Brosch and Hagai Netzer) with the
scientific data open to all Indian and Israeli scientists. Further information may be
obtained from the P.I.s or by writing to tauvex@iiap.res.in.
