Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2011
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #406.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The search for exoplanets is an important goal for the astronomy community in the next decade. Direct imaging and spectroscopy of terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars has been identified as a key goal by the ASTRO2010 Decadal Survey. However, any flagship-scale exoplanet mission will also have to provide advanced capabilities that are useful to the entire astronomy community. A large aperture, general purpose, UV-Optical-NIR telescope in the 2020 decade will provide an important continuation and expansion of the capabilities currently provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. In this poster, we discuss the compatibility of a starshade with such a telescope. The starshade architecture is very flexible and can accommodate telescopes with a wide range of designs and requirements, partly because starshades levy almost zero requirements on a telescope. This allows the goals of the Exoplanet community to be achieved while maintaining the capabilities of a general purpose astronomical telescope.
Glassman Tiffany Michelle
Lo Amy S.
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