Science capabilities of the DS3 mission

Roger P. Linfield; Peter W. Gorham

doi:10.1117/12.317093

24 July 1998 Science capabilities of the DS3 mission

Roger P. Linfield, Peter W. Gorham

Proceedings Volume 3350, Astronomical Interferometry; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317093
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The DS3 mission will launch a space optical interferometer into heliocentric orbit, for observation of 50-100 sources on baselines up to 1000-2000 m. The detection threshold will be visual magnitude 12-13, and the angular resolution in the 500-900 nm passband will be approximately ≈100 microseconds. Interesting science targets which could be imaged include: Cyg X-1, Wolf-Rayet stars, and FU Ori stars. With a modest improvement in sensitivity, the structure of the broad line emission regions of a few bright AGNs could be measured.

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Roger P. Linfield and Peter W. Gorham "Science capabilities of the DS3 mission", Proc. SPIE 3350, Astronomical Interferometry, (24 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317093

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