High-resolution ultraviolet spectrograph for sounding rocket measurements of planetary emission line profiles

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We constructed a high-resolution imaging spectrograph for use as a payload in a sounding rocket experiment. The spectrograph employs a modified Ebert-Fastie design with a LiF objective prism and a replica of an E1 echelle grating developed for the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. The instrument has a 5-arcmin-long adjustable width entrance aperture with two identical secondary apertures separated from the primary by +/- 2 arcmin. The secondary apertures are intended for simultaneous measurement of the sky background. The spectrograph has been optimized for measurement of the 221st order of Ly- (alpha) at a resolution of 0.03 to 0.04 angstroms. The detector system is a 2D photon counting device that employs a microchannel plate intensifier and a wedge and strip anode readout. The spectrograph is used as a focal plane instrument of the Jupiter Telescope, a Cassegrain telescope constructed exclusively for use as a sounding rocket payload.

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