The on-orbit optical performance of the space telescope imaging spectrographa

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 401-414

  Bowers, C W ^a,c   Woodgate, B E ^a,c   Kimbel, A ^a,c   Kaiser, M E ^a,b,c   Gull, T R ^a,c   Kraemer, V S B ^a,d   Harti, G F ^g   Content, D A ^c   Ebbets, D C ^e   Michika, D ^e   Sullivan, J F ^e   Woodruff, R A ^e   Ljndler, M D J ^f   Plait, P C ^f   Standeley, C ^h   ColIins, N R ^h   Cornett, R H ^h   Landsman, W B ^h   Malumuth, E M ^h   Robinson, R D ^d  

^a STIS Investigation Definition Team ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d University of America   (United States)

^e BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^f Advanced Computer Concepts Inc   (United States)

^g AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^h Adaptive Optics Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratings; HST; Spectrograph; STIS; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

HST; IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH; ON-BOARD CALIBRATION; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; STIS; ULTRAVIOLET; WAVELENGTH CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SPECTROGRAPHS; ABERRATIONS; BANDPASS FILTERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SPACE TELESCOPES; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGING SPECTROGRAPHS (STIS);

EID: 0032294426     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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