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The capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope, especially as they apply to the “Fe II problem” are reviewed. The major spectroscopic observing modes of both the Faint Object Spectrograph and the High Resolution Spectrograph are discussed and compared with those of the IUE satellite, with a detailed illustrative look at the options available for observations of Fe II (UV 1) near 2600Å. Finally, the major impacts to be expected on astrophysical investigations of Fe II from the Space Telescope and associated instrumentation are summarized.
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Carpenter, K.G. (1988). Space Telescope and the Fe II Problem. In: Viotti, R., Vittone, A., Friedjung, M. (eds) Physics of Formation of FeII Lines Outside LTE. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 138. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4023-9_40
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