Space telescope low scattered light camera - A modelA design approach for a camera to be used with the space telescope is given. Camera optics relay the system pupil onto an annular Gaussian ring apodizing mask to control scattered light. One and two dimensional models of ripple on the primary mirror were calculated. Scattered light calculations using ripple amplitudes between wavelength/20 wavelength/200 with spatial correlations of the ripple across the primary mirror between 0.2 and 2.0 centimeters indicate that the detection of an object a billion times fainter than a bright source in the field is possible. Detection of a Jovian type planet in orbit about alpha Centauri with a camera on the space telescope may be possible.
Document ID
19830050808
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Breckinridge, J. B. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Kuper, T. G. (Arizona, University Tucson, AZ, United States)
Shack, R. V. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Instrumentation in astronomy IV; Fourth Conference