L. Furey, T. Dubos, D. Hansen, J. Samuels-Schwartz
{"title":"HST Primary Mirror Characterization","authors":"L. Furey, T. Dubos, D. Hansen, J. Samuels-Schwartz","doi":"10.1364/soa.1991.mb1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1991.mb1","url":null,"abstract":"The presence of spherical aberration in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was announced by NASA on June 21, 1990. Investigation teams were commissioned by NASA to determine the cause of the aberration and then to quantify the amount of aberration in the telescope. This information is critical for the design of future replacement instruments. The Hubble Independent Optics Review Panel (HIORP), a team chaired by Dr. Duncan Moore, coordinated the investigation of the on-orbit data received from the telescope. Different methods of analyzing the images were used including phase retrieval algorithms.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126851624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Leviton, T. Saha, Geraldine A. Wright, R. Keski-kuha, R. Boucarut
{"title":"Vacuum ultraviolet performance of an off-axis parabolic mirror: evaluation, metrology, and analysis","authors":"D. Leviton, T. Saha, Geraldine A. Wright, R. Keski-kuha, R. Boucarut","doi":"10.1364/soa.1991.mf7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1991.mf7","url":null,"abstract":"The normal incidence, off-axis parabolic, SERTS-D telescope mirror is an alternative technology to the glancing incidence Wolter Type II SERTS-A and -C rocket telescopes flown previously. The image quality and scattered light performance of this mirror uncoated have been measured at 124 nm in the GSFC Diffraction Grating Evaluation Facility (DGEF)1 using image dissection techniques. The results are compared with those from an analytical model of the experiment3 based on interferometry and optical surface profilometry.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127575404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"POINTS Optics: Challenges and Options","authors":"R. D. Reasenberg","doi":"10.1364/soa.1991.tuc2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1991.tuc2","url":null,"abstract":"It has been widely recognized for several years that interferometric instruments will play a major role in many aspects of space-based optical astronomy. More recently, optical interferometry received very favorable treatment in the AASC (Bahcall Committee) report and the POINTS mission is a close match to the Astrometric Interferometry Mission that the report lists as a moderate space-based program. In the next century, milliarcsecond-and submilliarcsecond-resolution images will likely be obtained from interferometric instruments deployed in space. An important precursor to such imaging instruments is a small astrometric optical interferometer. (Recommendations of the Interferometry Panel of the AASC.)","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124782413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diffraction Gratings for Space Astronomy","authors":"B. Bach","doi":"10.1364/soa.1988.tud2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1988.tud2","url":null,"abstract":"Present and future space astronomy missions require new manufacturing techniques to fabricate efficient gratings. The major requirements of high throughput and low scatter are still high on the list of priorities for these special optics, but there are new concerns and design goals to challenge the grating manufacturer.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133780825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Reid, R. Babish, J. Berman, T. Gordon, A. Sarnik, E. Waluschka, P. Glenn
{"title":"Fabrication and Performance Prediction of the AXAF Technology Mirror Assembly","authors":"P. Reid, R. Babish, J. Berman, T. Gordon, A. Sarnik, E. Waluschka, P. Glenn","doi":"10.1364/soa.1988.wb1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1988.wb1","url":null,"abstract":"Recent advances in fabrication of the AXAF Technology Mirror Assembly are discussed. Performance of the telescope with the measured mirror surface figure is also presented.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114987015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The X-ray Large Array: A Large Scale X-ray Detector for the Space Station","authors":"P. Hertz, K. Wood, P. Michelson","doi":"10.1364/soa.1988.wb2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1988.wb2","url":null,"abstract":"The Naval Research Laboratory, Stanford University, and The University of Washington have proposed a large (100 square meters) array of X-ray detectors, the X-ray Large Array (XLA), to be built at the NASA Space Station and used there for X-ray astrophysics observations. A Pre-Phase A engineering study of XLA has been completed by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116547711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Bender, J. Faller, J. L. Hall, D. Hills, R. Stebbins
{"title":"Preliminary Optical Design for a Laser Gravitational Wave Antenna in Space","authors":"P. Bender, J. Faller, J. L. Hall, D. Hills, R. Stebbins","doi":"10.1364/soa.1988.tub1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1988.tub1","url":null,"abstract":"Summary not available.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127454946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflective Correctors for the HST Axial Instruments","authors":"M. Bottema","doi":"10.1364/soa.1991.mc2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1991.mc2","url":null,"abstract":"Soon after it was established that the spherical aberration in the HST was due to excessive asphericity of the primary mirror, a group of astronomers and optical experts was formed (the HST Strategy Panel*) to investigate possible means of correction. After reviewing some twenty-five different ideas, the Strategy Panel recommended individual reflective correctors for three of the axial scientific instruments (ASI), namely, the Faint Object Camera (FOC), the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS), and the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS), be installed during the first scheduled refurbishment mission. The fourth ASI, the High Speed Photometer (HSP), was to be replaced by a new module, the Corrector Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR), to form a basis for deployment of the corrector systems. Replacement in the same mission of the fifth instrument, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WF/PC) by a new version was already planned by NASA. Its optics are modified to compensate the spherical aberration internally.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130036893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Entry Level Interferometer for Space","authors":"P. Bely, C. Burrows, F. Roddier, G. Weigelt","doi":"10.1364/soa.1988.tua5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1988.tua5","url":null,"abstract":"Observational optical astronomy is always scientifically driven to develop telescopes with fainter limiting magnitude and higher resolution. Larger ground-based telescopes are more sensitive, but give little improvement in resolution unless extremely demanding interferometric techniques are used. Space-based telescopes of traditional configuration such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) give great improvements in resolution being diffraction limited, and a consequent improvement in limiting magnitude, but further improvements are limited by launch constraints.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"5 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130433979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fiber-Linked Optical Array of Telescopes (FLOAT)","authors":"P. Connes","doi":"10.1364/soa.1988.wb8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/soa.1988.wb8","url":null,"abstract":"We will describe the space version of our FLOAT proposal. This will be an array of telescopes connected by equal-length single-mode fibers to a mixing station, where the images will be synthesized. The main advantage, compared to all-mirror proposals, is a large simplification of the adjustment problem; the main limitation is exclsuion of far UV. A first step will be a similar array built on a ground-based radiotelescope.","PeriodicalId":184695,"journal":{"name":"Space Optics for Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128989510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}