Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980visi.rept.....z&link_type=abstract
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical Photography, Coronagraphs, Optical Measurement, Pinholes, Solar Observatories, Spatial Resolution, X Ray Telescopes, Solar Eclipses, Spectroheliographs, Systems Engineering
Scientific paper
The Pinhole X-ray/Coronagraph Concept utilizes the long baselines possible in Earth orbit with the space transportation system (shuttle) to produce observations of solar X-ray emission features at extremely high spatial resolution (up to 0.1 arc second) and high energy (up to 100 keV), and also white light and UV observations of the inner and outer corona at high spatial and/or spectral resolution. An examination of various aspects of a preliminary version of the X-ray Pinhole/Coronagraph Concept is presented. For this preliminary version, the instrument package will be carried in the shuttle bay on a mounting platform, and will be connected to the occulter with a deployable boom such as an Astromast. Generally, the spatial resolution, stray light levels, and minimum limb observing angles improve as the boom length increases. However, the associated engineering problems also become more serious with greater boom lengths.
Rappaport Saul
Wattson Richard B.
Zehnpfenning T. F.
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