Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
This paper reports on the design, construction, and implementation of a new chopping secondary mirror system for the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. This observatory facility maintains a 0.91 m diameter telescope in a modified C-141 aircraft at the NASA Ames Research Center. This telescope is routinely used at stratospheric altitudes for astronomical observations at infrared and submillimeter wavelengths that are inaccessible from the ground.
Keywords:
OPTICS
Type:
Precision Engineering and Optomechanics; Aug 10, 1989 - Aug 11, 1989; San Diego, CA; United States
Format:
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