Ultraviolet Instrumentation for the NASA Sub-orbital Program

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Jan 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21347512b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #475.12; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.437

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We present several sub-orbital projects that will provide good science, demonstrate technology suitable to space missions, and provide for the training of students at all levels.
We have a pair of sounding rocket payloads that are designed to exploit otherwise inaccessible parameter space (wavelength, imaging resolution, spectral resolution) to answer particular questions about the nature of the local ISM and star formation in both the Milky Way and other nearby galaxies. This payload, currently in fabrication, will take images at 7 arcsecond resolution from 90 - 110 nm and can be configured for an emission line filter (103 nm) within that bandpass. This design is optimized for a very high launch rate. Targets are spread over the sky and refurbishment time between launches is very low. The other payload is to produce high resolution (R > 100,000) spectra of the interstellar medium of lithium-like oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon.
In addition to sounding rockets, we present options for new balloon-borne instruments to use the advantages of high altitude pointed observations. The key features are the high resolution due to good intrinsic seeing over a wide field and very low background that allow measurements of low surface brightness objects.
Our program will provide excellent scientific return, develop new instrumentation, and has a strong history of training students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

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