DESTINY: the dark energy space telescope

Bert A. Pasquale; Robert A. Woodruff; Tod R. Lauer; Dominic J. Benford

doi:10.1117/12.735180

20 September 2007 DESTINY: the dark energy space telescope

Bert A. Pasquale, Robert A. Woodruff, Tod R. Lauer, Dominic J. Benford

Proceedings Volume 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III; 66870Q (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735180
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We have proposed the development of a low-cost space telescope, Destiny, as a concept for the NASA/DOE Joint Dark Energy Mission. Destiny is a 1.65m space telescope, featuring a near-infrared (0.85-1.7m) survey camera/spectrometer with a large flat-field Field Of View (FOV). Destiny will probe the properties of dark energy by obtaining a Hubble diagram based on Type Ia supernovae (SN) and a large-scale mass power spectrum derived from weak lensing distortions of field galaxies as a function of redshift.

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Bert A. Pasquale, Robert A. Woodruff, Tod R. Lauer, and Dominic J. Benford "DESTINY: the dark energy space telescope", Proc. SPIE 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III, 66870Q (20 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735180

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