Abstract
The Hubble Space Telescope represents the largest single advance in astronomical instrumentation since the Hale 5 metre telescope at Mt Palomar. Its extreme sensitivity and resolution, however, are susceptible to degradation from a number of environmental effects. This is particularly true for observations in the ultra-violet spectrum.
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