The Faint Object Camera for NASA's Space Telescope

Details The Faint Object Camera for NASA's Space Telescope The Faint Object Camera for NASA's Space Telescope

Sep 1977

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International Astronautical Federation, International Astronautical Congress, 28th, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 197

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Photography, Faint Object Camera, High Resolution, Imaging Techniques, Spaceborne Telescopes, Astronomical Photometry, Bandwidth, Calibrating, Data Systems, Focal Plane Devices, Focusing, Nasa Programs, Photometers, Spaceborne Astronomy, Structural Design Criteria, Thermal Control Coatings

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The Faint Object Camera (COP) described in the present paper is one of the four axial instruments situated at the F 24 focal plane of NASA's 2.4-m Space Telescope. Placed in an earth-orbiting astronomical observatory, the telescope will permit observations at wavelengths ranging from 1200 to 9000 A with a resolution of better than 0.1 arcsec. The telescope uses the COP to observe stellar (point) and extended sources, using an imaging camera with a photon-event counting detector that provides the minimum required camera format of 200 x 200 pixels. The principal subsystems of the COP are illustrated and discussed.

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