Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994asee.nasaq....t&link_type=abstract
In Alabama Univ., Research Reports: 1994 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program 6 p (SEE N95-18967 05-80)
Physics
Apertures, Diffraction, Hydrogen, Infrared Radiation, Infrared Spectra, Interstellar Matter, Molecular Gases, Prisms, Reconnaissance, Telescopes, Focal Plane Devices, Infrared Imagery, Molecular Clouds, Pixels, Spectroscopy
Scientific paper
The scientific goal of the Passively-cooled Reconnaissance of the InterStellar Medium (PRISM) project is to map the emission of molecular hydrogen at 17.035 micrometers and 28.221 micrometers. Since the atmosphere is opaque at these infrared wavelengths, an orbiting telescope is being studied. The availability of infrared focal plane arrays enables infrared imaging spectroscopy at the molecular hydrogen wavelengths. The array proposed for PRISM is 128 pixels square, with a pixel size of 75 micrometers. In order to map the sky in a period of six months, and to resolve the nearer molecular clouds, each pixel must cover 0.5 arcminutes. This sets the focal length at 51.6 cm. In order for the pixel size to be half the diameter of the central diffraction peak at 28 micrometers would require a telescope aperture of 24 cm; an aperture of 60 cm has been selected for the PRISM study for greater light gathering power.
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