P. Roelfsema, P. Dieleman, W. Jellema, G. Lange, J. Evers, Shoko Jin, M. Giard, F. Najarro, C. Bradford, M. Audard, S. Withington, Y. Doi, F. Helmich, M. Juvela, F. Kerschbaum, C. Kiss, O. Krause, B. Larsson, D. Naylor, L. Spinoglio, R. Szczerba, F. V. D. Tak, B. Vandenbussche, Shiang‐Yu Wang
{"title":"The SAFARI grating spectrometer for SPICA: Extreme spectroscopic sensitivity in the FAR-IR","authors":"P. Roelfsema, P. Dieleman, W. Jellema, G. Lange, J. Evers, Shoko Jin, M. Giard, F. Najarro, C. Bradford, M. Audard, S. Withington, Y. Doi, F. Helmich, M. Juvela, F. Kerschbaum, C. Kiss, O. Krause, B. Larsson, D. Naylor, L. Spinoglio, R. Szczerba, F. V. D. Tak, B. Vandenbussche, Shiang‐Yu Wang","doi":"10.1117/12.2563140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126717960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Gaia mission: a billion stars at nano-radian precision","authors":"Anthony G. A. Brown","doi":"10.1117/12.2590131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2590131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124076642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The GRAVITY instrument has enabled major steps forward in infrared interferometry, by phase-referenced imaging at milli-arcsecond resolution, with a sensitivity increase by factor thousands, 30-100 micro-arcsecond astrometry, and few micro-arcsecond differential spectro-astrometry. We give an overview of the technology behind GRAVITY and highlight the game-changing results from the first three years of operation. Our presentation takes us from nearby exoplanets all the way to distant quasars, with special focus on the Galactic Center, the first precision tests of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity around massive black holes, and tests of the massive black hole paradigm on scales of 3-6 Schwarzschild radii.
{"title":"A New Era of Interferometry with GRAVITY","authors":"F. Eisenhauer","doi":"10.1117/12.2590128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2590128","url":null,"abstract":"The GRAVITY instrument has enabled major steps forward in infrared interferometry, by phase-referenced imaging at milli-arcsecond resolution, with a sensitivity increase by factor thousands, 30-100 micro-arcsecond astrometry, and few micro-arcsecond differential spectro-astrometry. We give an overview of the technology behind GRAVITY and highlight the game-changing results from the first three years of operation. Our presentation takes us from nearby exoplanets all the way to distant quasars, with special focus on the Galactic Center, the first precision tests of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity around massive black holes, and tests of the massive black hole paradigm on scales of 3-6 Schwarzschild radii.","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121123175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Bradford, M. Kenyon, S. Hailey-Dunsheath, W. Jellema, P. Roelfsema, C. Dowell, A. Aboobaker, R. O’Brient, H. Hui, H. Nguyen, P. Echternach
{"title":"SPICA SAFARI long-wavelength grating modules and bolometer arrays: Proposed U.S. contribution","authors":"C. Bradford, M. Kenyon, S. Hailey-Dunsheath, W. Jellema, P. Roelfsema, C. Dowell, A. Aboobaker, R. O’Brient, H. Hui, H. Nguyen, P. Echternach","doi":"10.1117/12.2562794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562794","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128611081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Vandenbussche, G. Raskin, H. Sana, T. Delabie, B. Vandoren, P. Royer, W. D. Munter, Dominik Bowman, A. Tkachenko, O. Bhat, Jan Goris, Olivier Verhamme, Warre Verheyden, D. Vandepitte, J. D. Maeyer, F. Heylen, Maarten Kempenaers, Ries Vanderperren, J. Lanting, V. Moreau, E. Renotte, L. Ghizoni, Jacob Mølbach Nissen, A. Verhoeven
CUBESPEC is an ESA in-orbit demonstration 6U CubeSat mission, currently in phase A/B. CUBESPEC will deliver months long series of high-resolution spectroscopy to study the structure of massive stars. The payload consists of a Cassegrain telescope with a rectangular primary mirror of 9 x 19 cm2 and a compact high-resolution echelle spectrograph. We aim at a 2023 launch demonstrating the CUBESPEC concept: providing the astronomical community with a generic solution for affordable space-based spectroscopy. The spectrograph design can be configured with minimal hardware changes for low spectral resolution (R = 50) up to high resolution (R ~ 50000) over a over wavelength ranges between 200–1000nm. CUBESPEC will use the KU Leuven ADCS for coarse pointing of the spacecraft, supplemented with a fine-guidance system using a fast steering mirror to center the source on the spectrograph slit. We present the CUBESPEC design and mission analysis, and give an update of the project status.
CUBESPEC是ESA的在轨演示6U立方体卫星任务,目前处于A/B阶段。CUBESPEC将提供长达数月的一系列高分辨率光谱来研究大质量恒星的结构。有效载荷包括一个9 x 19 cm2矩形主镜的卡塞格伦望远镜和一个紧凑的高分辨率梯队光谱仪。我们的目标是2023年的发射,展示CUBESPEC的概念:为天文学界提供可负担得起的天基光谱的通用解决方案。该光谱仪的设计可以配置为最小的硬件变化,从低光谱分辨率(R = 50)到高分辨率(R ~ 50000),波长范围在200-1000nm之间。CUBESPEC将使用KU Leuven ADCS对航天器进行粗指向,并辅以精细制导系统,使用快速转向镜将光源置于摄谱仪狭缝的中心。我们介绍了CUBESPEC的设计和任务分析,并给出了项目的最新进展。
{"title":"CUBESPEC: Stellar spectroscopy on a CubeSat platform","authors":"B. Vandenbussche, G. Raskin, H. Sana, T. Delabie, B. Vandoren, P. Royer, W. D. Munter, Dominik Bowman, A. Tkachenko, O. Bhat, Jan Goris, Olivier Verhamme, Warre Verheyden, D. Vandepitte, J. D. Maeyer, F. Heylen, Maarten Kempenaers, Ries Vanderperren, J. Lanting, V. Moreau, E. Renotte, L. Ghizoni, Jacob Mølbach Nissen, A. Verhoeven","doi":"10.1117/12.2562121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562121","url":null,"abstract":"CUBESPEC is an ESA in-orbit demonstration 6U CubeSat mission, currently in phase A/B. CUBESPEC will deliver months long series of high-resolution spectroscopy to study the structure of massive stars. The payload consists of a Cassegrain telescope with a rectangular primary mirror of 9 x 19 cm2 and a compact high-resolution echelle spectrograph. We aim at a 2023 launch demonstrating the CUBESPEC concept: providing the astronomical community with a generic solution for affordable space-based spectroscopy. The spectrograph design can be configured with minimal hardware changes for low spectral resolution (R = 50) up to high resolution (R ~ 50000) over a over wavelength ranges between 200–1000nm. CUBESPEC will use the KU Leuven ADCS for coarse pointing of the spacecraft, supplemented with a fine-guidance system using a fast steering mirror to center the source on the spectrograph slit. We present the CUBESPEC design and mission analysis, and give an update of the project status.","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126222789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Coyle, J. S. Knight, Brian A. Hicks, Benjamin Cromey, L. Pueyo, M. East, Sean Brennan, Todd A. Lawton, J. Arenberg, R. Hellekson, Marcel Bluth, J. Tucker, Sang C. Park, M. Eisenhower
To achieve the ambitious goal of directly imaging exo-Earths with a coronagraph, future space-based astronomical telescopes will require wavefront stability several orders of magnitude beyond state-of-the-art. The Ultra-Stable Large Telescope Research and Analysis – Technology Maturation (ULTRA-TM) program will mature critical technologies for this new regime of “ultra-stable optical systems” through component-level hardware demonstrations. This paper describes the progress towards demonstrating performance of these technologies in the picometer regime and with flight-like properties – including active systems like segment sensing and actuation and thermal sensing and control, as well as passive systems like low distortion mirror mounts and composite structures. Raising the TRL of these technologies will address the most difficult parts of the stability problem with the longest lead times and provide significant risk reduction for their inclusion in future mission concepts.
{"title":"Progress towards hardware demonstrations of critical component-level technologies for ultra-stable optical systems","authors":"L. Coyle, J. S. Knight, Brian A. Hicks, Benjamin Cromey, L. Pueyo, M. East, Sean Brennan, Todd A. Lawton, J. Arenberg, R. Hellekson, Marcel Bluth, J. Tucker, Sang C. Park, M. Eisenhower","doi":"10.1117/12.2560185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560185","url":null,"abstract":"To achieve the ambitious goal of directly imaging exo-Earths with a coronagraph, future space-based astronomical telescopes will require wavefront stability several orders of magnitude beyond state-of-the-art. The Ultra-Stable Large Telescope Research and Analysis – Technology Maturation (ULTRA-TM) program will mature critical technologies for this new regime of “ultra-stable optical systems” through component-level hardware demonstrations. \u0000This paper describes the progress towards demonstrating performance of these technologies in the picometer regime and with flight-like properties – including active systems like segment sensing and actuation and thermal sensing and control, as well as passive systems like low distortion mirror mounts and composite structures. Raising the TRL of these technologies will address the most difficult parts of the stability problem with the longest lead times and provide significant risk reduction for their inclusion in future mission concepts.","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128157682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Kimble, S. Friedman, C. Oliveira, S. Birkmann, T. Boeker, M. Boyer, R. Doyon, A. Glasse, S. Kendrew, A. Martel, E. Nelan, A. Noriega-Crespo, C. Proffitt, Corbett T. Smith, J. Stansberry, B. Vila, C. Willott
The James Webb Space Telescope features a powerful complement of focal-plane instruments: the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS), the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), and the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS). These instruments offer an exciting suite of scientific capabilities for imaging, high-contrast imaging, and spectroscopy. To bring these capabilities on-line after launch, a carefully scoped and sequenced set of commissioning activities has been developed. These activities will confirm the functionality of the instruments, characterize their performance (optimizing where possible), obtain initial calibrations at a level required to properly plan observations, and demonstrate essential operational sequences such as target acquisition. We present a high-level overview of these activities and the planned commissioning timeline to execute them.
{"title":"Commissioning the scientific instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope","authors":"R. Kimble, S. Friedman, C. Oliveira, S. Birkmann, T. Boeker, M. Boyer, R. Doyon, A. Glasse, S. Kendrew, A. Martel, E. Nelan, A. Noriega-Crespo, C. Proffitt, Corbett T. Smith, J. Stansberry, B. Vila, C. Willott","doi":"10.1117/12.2561819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561819","url":null,"abstract":"The James Webb Space Telescope features a powerful complement of focal-plane instruments: the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS), the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), and the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS). These instruments offer an exciting suite of scientific capabilities for imaging, high-contrast imaging, and spectroscopy. To bring these capabilities on-line after launch, a carefully scoped and sequenced set of commissioning activities has been developed. These activities will confirm the functionality of the instruments, characterize their performance (optimizing where possible), obtain initial calibrations at a level required to properly plan observations, and demonstrate essential operational sequences such as target acquisition. We present a high-level overview of these activities and the planned commissioning timeline to execute them.","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115263709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Feinberg, Carl W. Starr, Carl A. Reis, K. Parrish, R. Kimble, M. McElwain, J. S. Knight, M. Perrin, S. Thomson
{"title":"Commissioning the James Webb Space Telescope Observatory","authors":"L. Feinberg, Carl W. Starr, Carl A. Reis, K. Parrish, R. Kimble, M. McElwain, J. S. Knight, M. Perrin, S. Thomson","doi":"10.1117/12.2560538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560538","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134152805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. McElwain, C. Bowers, R. Kimble, M. Niedner, Erin C. Smith
This paper gives a status of the JWST Observatory and what has happened since the last conference in June of 2018
本文给出了JWST天文台的现状,以及自2018年6月上次会议以来发生的事情
{"title":"JWST observatory integration and test status","authors":"M. McElwain, C. Bowers, R. Kimble, M. Niedner, Erin C. Smith","doi":"10.1117/12.2560868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560868","url":null,"abstract":"This paper gives a status of the JWST Observatory and what has happened since the last conference in June of 2018","PeriodicalId":185935,"journal":{"name":"Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave","volume":"277 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122854153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}