STRAY - An interactive program for the computation of stray radiation in infrared telescopesThe STRAY program to model the amount of stray radiation reaching the focal plane of a well-baffled telescope is described. The STRAY telescope model is addressed, including the aperture shade, barrel baffle, optics, mirror sectioning and chopping, and off-axis points in focal plane. The possible illumination paths are shown, and calculation options using STRAY are discussed. The stored data and computational aspects of STRAY are addressed. STRAY is compared to the MINI-APART model, and applications of STRAY are described.
Document ID
19880025450
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
St. Clair Dinger, Ann (NASA Ames Research Center; Sterling Software Moffett Field, CA, United States)