BDSR: instrument design and initial calibration results

Erik Wilkinson; James C. Green; Barry Y. Welsh; Ryan McLean

doi:10.1117/12.210920

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2 June 1995 BDSR: instrument design and initial calibration results

Erik Wilkinson, James C. Green, Barry Y. Welsh, Ryan McLean

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Proceedings Volume 2478, Space Telescopes and Instruments; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210920
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We present the design, characterization, and flight performance of a sounding rocket instrument developed to address unanswered scientific questions regarding the extreme ultraviolet emissions of the star (epsilon) Canis Majoris (Adhara). The payload consists of an off axis parabolic telescope feeding a standard Rowland circle spectrograph and provides between 2 and 4 cm² of effective area at the short and long wavelength ends of the bandpass, repectively. The spectrograph has a resolution of approximately 800 and covers the wavelength range 600 - 919 angstrom. In this paper we discuss specifics of the optical and mechanical design and present results from the initial calibration. The payload is presently scheduled for launch from Woomera, Australia, in the fall of 1995.

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Erik Wilkinson, James C. Green, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ryan McLean "BDSR: instrument design and initial calibration results", Proc. SPIE 2478, Space Telescopes and Instruments, (2 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210920

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