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ultraviolet telescope

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ultraviolet telescope [¦əl·trə′vī·lət ′tel·ə‚skōp]
(optics)
An assemblage of mirrors, with special coatings imparting high ultraviolet reflectivity, which forms magnified ultraviolet images of objects in the same manner as an optical telescope forms images in visible light.
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2], along with 24 ultraviolet telescopes that record the faint light generated by the shower as it speeds toward Earth's surface.
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Byline: Associated Press Columbia led the way in an orbiting caravan Saturday: First came the space shuttle, followed by a large saucer that just hours earlier had swerved frighteningly close to the crew's cockpit, then an ultraviolet telescope.
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5-meter ultraviolet telescope on the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite, which was launched in 2003.
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