Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991mont.iafcq....g&link_type=abstract
IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 42nd, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 5-11, 1991. 10 p.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrometry, Image Resolution, Interferometry, Space Laboratories, Charge Coupled Devices, Hubble Space Telescope, Michelson Interferometers
Scientific paper
The Orbiting Stellar Interferometer (OSI) is a proposed space-based observatory which will open exciting new vistas in astronomy and address fundamental scientific questions by making extremely accurate (3 - 30 microarcsecond) astrometric measurements of the positions of stars, quasars, and other astronomical objects as faint as magnitude 20. In addition, it will be able to image objects with a resolution of 5 milliarcseconds. As the first optical interferometer in space, OSI will provide major advances in astrophysics while demonstrating a powerful concept applicable to major space-based observations of the future. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has developed a preliminary design of OSI to establish its feasibility and to estimate performance that can be achieved in a mission of moderate scale. In this first publication of the results of the first year of study, the science objectives are presented, and the design of the mission, instrument, and spacecraft are discussed.
Gershman Robert
Rayman Marc D.
Shao Maxine
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