TheGalaxy Evolution Explorer: A Space Ultraviolet Survey Mission

D. Christopher Martin; James L. Fanson; David Schiminovich; Patrick Morrissey; Peter G. Friedman; Tom A. Barlow; T. Conrow; Robert Grange; Patrick N. Jelinsky; Bruno Milliard; Oswald H. W. Siegmund; L. Bianchi; Yong-Ik Byun; J. Donas; Karl Förster; Timothy M. Heckman; Young‐Wook Lee; Barry F. Madore; Roger F. Malina; Susan G. Neff; R. Michael Rich; Todd Small; Frank Surber; Alexander S. Szalay; Barry Y. Welsh; Ted K. Wyder

doi:10.1086/426387

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Introduce the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) space mission and its orbital ultraviolet sky surveys designed to investigate galaxy formation and evolution.
Perform wide-field imaging and spectroscopic surveys in both far-ultraviolet and near-ultraviolet bandpasses from an Earth-orbiting satellite.
Assemble comprehensive ultraviolet catalog datasets for astronomical analysis across multiple cosmic epochs.
Establishes wide-field ultraviolet surveys mapping star-forming galaxies across approximately 10 billion years of cosmic time.
Provides public releases of calibrated ultraviolet imaging and spectroscopic survey datasets across dedicated astronomical publications.

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Mission overview presents ultraviolet sky survey observations across distant galaxies, highlighting cosmic star formation history.

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This paper will be published as part of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Astrophysical Journal Letters Special Issue. Links to the full set of papers will be available at http:/www.galex.caltech.edu/PUBLICATIONS/ after November 22, 2004

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