The Chopping Secondary Mirror For The Kuiper Airborne Observatory

Charles H. Downey; Randal S. Abbott; Phillip I. Arter; Dale A. Hope; Dan A. Payne; E. A. Roybal; Daniel F. Lester; James O. McClenahan

doi:10.1117/12.962955

9 November 1989 The Chopping Secondary Mirror For The Kuiper Airborne Observatory

Charles H. Downey, Randal S. Abbott, Phillip I. Arter, Dale A. Hope, Dan A. Payne, E. A. Roybal, Daniel F. Lester, James O. McClenahan

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Proceedings Volume 1167, Precision Engineering and Optomechanics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962955
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

This paper reports on the design, construction, and implementation of a new chopping secondary mirror system for the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. This observatory facility maintains a 0.91 m diameter telescope in a modified C-141 aircraft at the NASA Ames Research Center. This telescope is routinely used at stratospheric altitudes for astronomical observations at infrared and submillimeter wavelengths that are inaccessible from the ground.

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Charles H. Downey, Randal S. Abbott, Phillip I. Arter, Dale A. Hope, Dan A. Payne, E. A. Roybal, Daniel F. Lester, and James O. McClenahan "The Chopping Secondary Mirror For The Kuiper Airborne Observatory", Proc. SPIE 1167, Precision Engineering and Optomechanics, (9 November 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962955

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