The feasibility of the design concept for a 1-m-aperture, cryogenically cooled telescope for Spacelab is assessed. The device makes use of double-folded Gregorian reflective optics. The planned cryogen is helium, and beryllium will be used for the 1.2 m primary mirror. Results of studies based on smaller instruments indicate that no new technology will be required to construct a Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility which will offer improvement over the sensitivity of conventional telescopes by a factor of 1000 at 10 micrometers.


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    Title :

    Cooled infrared telescope development


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Meeting on Utilization of Space Shuttle and Spacelab ; 1976 ; Bonn


    Publication date :

    1976-06-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Cooled infrared telescope development

    Young, L. S. | NTRS | 1976





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