Abstract Edison is a radiatively-cooled, long-lived, large-aperture space observatory optimized for operation in the near- and mid-infrared. Our current design is for a ∼2.5m telescope launched as an American-European collaboration in the NASA Explorer program. The telescope equilibrates at about 40 – 60 K, depending upon location and structure, which means that the system is celestial background-limited at all wavelengths shortward of about 30 μm. Under these circumstances, the sensitivity of a telescope system depends strongly on aperture size, making Edison by far the most powerful observatory proposed for operation at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths. Here we describe part of our scientific program to study the universe at high redshifts.


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    Title :

    The Edison infrared space observatory and the universe at high redshifts


    Contributors:
    Thronson, H.A. Jr (author) / Hawarden, T. (author) / Davies, J.K. (author) / Lee, T.J. (author) / Mountain, C.M. (author) / Longair, M. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 11 , 2 ; 341-344


    Publication date :

    1991-01-01


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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