{"id":7958,"date":"2024-12-15T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T20:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmo.yerphi.am\/?page_id=7958"},"modified":"2024-12-25T18:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T14:44:30","slug":"cepheus-space-observatory-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cosmo.yerphi.am\/index.php\/cepheus-space-observatory-project\/","title":{"rendered":"CEPHEUS: Space Observatory Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scientific supervisor \u2013 G. Gurzadyan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cepheus is an astrophysical observatory placed into orbit around the Earth to carry out long-term photoelectric measurements of flaring stars in the far ultraviolet region – U0 (3800-3100 A), U1 (3100-2500 A) and U2 (2500-1800 A), as well as X-rays. Cepheus was supposed to be a stabilized satellite, <\/span>the main element of which is a telescope with a mirror with a diameter of 1000 mm and photoelectric radiation detectors, as well as an assembly of X-ray counters. The satellite is stabilized with an accuracy of one minute of arc using flywheels, and two bright stars are used as reference points. <\/span>Cepheus was supposed to work only in the shadow part of the orbit, the duration of operation was about a month.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the future, the studied part of the spectrum should have been expanded to the soft X-ray region, i.e. range shorter than 10 A.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project of the orbital astrophysical observatory Cepheus was developed on the basis of the meteorological satellite Meteor with the maximum possible use of its on-board and ground-based test systems and units, which would significantly reduce the time required for the design, manufacture and testing of the astrophysical satellite Cepheus with minimal costs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The implementation of the Cepheus experiment would allow solving the following problems:<\/span><\/p>\n