Further development of a stellar camera following the rotation-modulation-collimator principle for balloon-borne observations in the X-ray range

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Astronomical Photography, Balloon-Borne Instruments, Cameras, Product Development, X Ray Astronomy, Collimators, Microprocessors

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An optical navigation instrument (the optical rotation-modulation collimator, RMC) for nocturnal scientific balloon-borne observations in the hard X-ray domain, in the range between 20 and 180 keV was developed. A laboratory model of the optical detector, including a photodiode and a signal amplifier, was built; its functioning and sensitivity for the stellar camera were tested. The improved version was integrated in the RMC system, and the stellar camera was connected to a real-time microprocessor evaluation system. The stellar camera was tested by point-source simulation in the laboratory and by imaging of a star. An optoelectronic test setup was built for the simulation of the optical RMC and the optimization of the detector. A high-precision solar test setup was developed. Measurements are presented.

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