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The Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST): Science and technologyThe scientific requirements and implications for the instruments and telescope design for the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) are described. A candidate concept is a deployable, 8 m diameter telescope, optimized for the near infrared region, but featuring instruments capable of observing up to 30 micrometers. The observatory is radiatively cooled to approximately 30 K.
Document ID
19980237626
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mather, John C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Seery, Bernard D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Stockman, Hervey S. (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD United States)
Bely, Pierre, Y. (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 18, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1997
Subject Category
Astronomy
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