High contrast imaging with the hubble space telescope: Performance and lessons learned

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1284-1295

  Krist, John E ^a  

^a STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraphs; High contrast imaging; Hubble Space Telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; DIFFRACTION; DUST; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MASKS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

CORONAGRAPHS; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES (HST); TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER (TPF);

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 10044246194     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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