Imaging Extra-Solar Planets with an Ultra-Large Space Telescope

Details Imaging Extra-Solar Planets with an Ultra-Large Space Telescope Imaging Extra-Solar Planets with an Ultra-Large Space Telescope

Sep 1998

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Conference Paper, University of Western Oregon Monmouth, OR United States Div. of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Mathematics

Astronomical Photography, Spaceborne Photography, Imaging Techniques, Resolution, Galactic Evolution, Extrasolar Planets, Large Space Structures, Spaceborne Telescopes

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NASA's Origins Program is directed toward two main goals: Imaging of galactic evolution in the early universe, and searching for planets orbiting nearby stars. The Next-Generation Space Telescope (NGST), operating at low temperature with an 8-m aperture, is well designed to meet the first goal. The goal of imaging planets orbiting nearby stars is more problematic. One line of investigation has been the ULTIMA concept (Ultra-Large Telescope, Integrated Missions in Astronomy). In this report, I will lay out the resolution requirements for telescopes to achieve the imaging of extrasolar planets, and describe a modeling tool created to investigate the requirements for imaging a planet when it is very near a much brighter star.

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