Thermal motion of the STIS optical bench

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Jan 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997hstc.work..106g&link_type=abstract

The 1997 HST Calibration Workshop with a New Generation of Instruments, p. 106

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Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays, Thermal Environments, Temperature Effects, Temperature Control, Radiation Effects, Thermal Stability, Hubble Space Telescope, Imaging Spectrometers, Coolers, Shrouds, Internal Waves, Orbital Space Tests, Pixels, Spectra

Scientific paper

Various tests have been done of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) using internal wavecals to measure thermal motion of the spectral format on the detectors. In most cases, the spectral format moves less than the specification not to exceed 0.2 pixels per hour. Primary causes of the motion are (1) changes to the thermal design dictated by the warmer Aft Shroud environment and (2) on-orbit power cycling of Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMA) electronics to minimize the effects of radiation hits on the MAMA detectors. The rear portion of the STIS optical bench is too warm to be held at a constant temperature by internal heaters. Electronics swing in temperature with an orbital and daily frequency. The thermal drift of the optical formats is not negligible, but is well behaved in most circumstances. The observer is advised to examine the trade-off between the most accurate wavelengths with best spectral/spatial resolutions versus increased overheads that directly affect the observing times. A long term concern is that the Aft Shroud thermal environment is predicted to heat up as much as one Centigrade degree per year. Progressively more of the bench would move out of thermal control. Thus the external cooler for STIS, being considered for the Third Servicing Mission is of major importance to the long term operation of STIS.

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