UVSat: a concept of an ultraviolet/optical photometric satellite

A. Pigulski, A. Baran, M. Bzowski, H. Cugier, B. Czerny, J. Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz , W. Dziembowski, G. Handler, Z. Kołaczkowski, M. Królikowska, J. Krzesiński, G. Maciejewski, G. Michalska, J. Molenda-Żakowicz, P. Moskalik, A. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, J. Ostrowski, A. Pamyatnykh, M. Ratajczak, S. Rucinski, M. Siwak, R. Smolec, S. Szutowicz, T. Tomov, L. Wyrzykowski, S. Zoła and M. Sarna

Time-series photometry from space in the ultraviolet can be presently done with only a few platforms, none of which is able to provide wide-field long-term high-cadence photometry. We present a concept of UVSat, a twin space telescope which will be capable to perform this kind of photometry, filling an observational niche. The satellite will host two telescopes, one for observations in the ultraviolet, the other for observations in the optical band. We also briefly show what science can be done with UVSat.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 5, 76-81 (2017)

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