Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aps..aprq14001t&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, April Meeting, April 28 - May 1, 2001 Washington, DC Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
A new generation of sub-orbital platforms for submillimeter astronomy will become operational in the next few years. These new telescopes will operate from airborne and balloon-borne platforms where the atmosphere is transparent enough to allow sensitive measurements in the submillimeter bands. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) uses a 2.0 m diameter mirror and large format bolometer arrays at 250, 350 and 500 microns and will operate on a Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The scientific goals of BLAST are to learn about the nature of distant extragalactic star forming galaxies and cold pre-stellar sources by making deep maps at both high and low galactic latitudes. The first flight will be in 2002.
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