Cosmic Origins Spectrograph

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Hubble Space Telescope instrument space telescope instrument spectrograph ultraviolet spectrograph

The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph is a highly sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to study the origins and evolution of galaxies, stars, and the intergalactic medium.

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Label	Occurrences
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph canonical	9

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hubble Space Telescope instrument ⓘ space telescope instrument ⓘ spectrograph ⓘ ultraviolet spectrograph ⓘ
abbreviation	COS ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataProduct	ultraviolet spectra ⓘ
designedFor	faint astronomical sources ⓘ high-sensitivity ultraviolet spectroscopy ⓘ
developedBy	Ball Aerospace ⓘ Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics ⓘ surface form: Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ
developedForAgency	Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
hasSpectralChannel	FUV channel ⓘ NUV channel ⓘ
improvesUpon	Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph sensitivity in FUV ⓘ
installedBy	STS-125 ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-125
installedDuringMission	Hubble Servicing Mission 4 ⓘ
launchVehicle	Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
missionRole	study intergalactic medium ⓘ study origins and evolution of galaxies ⓘ study star formation and evolution ⓘ
observes	active galactic nuclei ⓘ hot stars ⓘ intergalactic gas ⓘ interstellar gas ⓘ quasars ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
partOf	Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
platform	low Earth orbit via Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
primaryScienceBand	115–205 nm (FUV) ⓘ
replacedInstrument	Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) ⓘ surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
scienceTheme	chemical enrichment of the universe ⓘ cosmic origins ⓘ cosmic web ⓘ galaxy formation and evolution ⓘ
scientificObjective	measure absorption lines in spectra of distant objects ⓘ probe large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ study baryonic content of the universe ⓘ study circumgalactic medium ⓘ study interstellar medium ⓘ
secondaryScienceBand	170–320 nm (NUV) ⓘ
spectralResolution	low resolution ⓘ medium resolution ⓘ
telescopeFocus	Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ surface form: HST Science Instrument Bay
wavelengthRange	far-ultraviolet ⓘ near-ultraviolet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Hubble Space Telescope → hasInstrument → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

STS-125 → installedInstrument → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors → supportsInstrument → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

Servicing Mission 4 → carriedInstrument → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

COS → fullName → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

COS → acronymFor → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → include → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → fourthGenerationInstruments → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 → installedInstrument → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ