Coronagraphy with HST/NICMOS: Detectability is a sensitive issue

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-9

  Schneider, Glenn ^a   Silverstone, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraphy; Detectability; Hubble space telescope; NICMOS; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DETECTORS; DIFFRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE TELESCOPES;

CORONAGRAPHY; DETECTABILITY; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; RAW SENSITIVITY MATRICS; STATIC STREHL RATIOS;

PLANETS;

EID: 0037612197     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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