High Speed Photometer

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Hubble Space Telescope instrument photometer

The High Speed Photometer was an early Hubble Space Telescope instrument designed to measure rapid variations in the brightness of astronomical objects with high time resolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope instrument ⓘ
photometer ⓘ
abbreviation HSP NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataType light curves ⓘ
time‑tagged photon counts ⓘ
designedFor high time resolution photometry ⓘ
measuring rapid brightness variations of astronomical objects ⓘ
ultraviolet photometry ⓘ
visible light photometry ⓘ
developedBy NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature multiple photometric apertures ⓘ
onboard filters ⓘ
polarizing optics ⓘ
hasCapability high speed photon counting ⓘ
microsecond time resolution ⓘ
multi‑channel photometry ⓘ
polarimetry ⓘ
hasSuccessor Advanced Camera for Surveys NERFINISHED ⓘ
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchDate 1990-04-24 ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAt Hubble Space Telescope focal plane NERFINISHED ⓘ
mass approximately 125 kilograms ⓘ
mountedIn axial instrument bay of Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
observatory low Earth orbit via Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
operatedBy Space Telescope Science Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInBand ultraviolet ⓘ
visible ⓘ
operationalPeriodEnd 1993 ⓘ
operationalPeriodStart 1990 ⓘ
partOf Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
removalDate 1993-12 ⓘ
removedByMission STS-61 NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement NERFINISHED ⓘ
scientificGoal measure precise optical and UV timing of compact objects ⓘ
study short‑timescale variability in astrophysical sources ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
usedForObservationOf active galactic nuclei ⓘ
cataclysmic variable stars ⓘ
eclipsing binaries ⓘ
pulsars ⓘ
white dwarfs ⓘ
usedInProgram Hubble Space Telescope science program NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasOnBoardDuring Hubble Space Telescope launch ⓘ

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Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → firstGenerationInstruments → High Speed Photometer ⓘ
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) → replacedInstrument → High Speed Photometer ⓘ
subject surface form: COSTAR