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Image Quality on the KAOThree flights of the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) were taken to study the cause of the point spread function (PSF) degradation. The preliminary conclusions are: (1) the KAO point spread function decreases in size with elapsed time at altitude; (2) image motion is occasionally comparable to the size of the image, but is usually a sub-arcsecond effect; and (3) star images show small scale internal structural changes on a 200 microsecond timescale.
Document ID
19850009576
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Dunham, E. W. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Elliot, J. L. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Baron, R. L. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Hohlfield, R. G. (Northeastern Univ.)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Ames Research Center Airborne Astron. Symp.
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
85N17885
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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