HIPO - A high-speed imaging photometer for occultations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 592-603

  Dunham, E W ^a   Elliot, J L ^a,b   Bida, T A ^a   Taylor, B W ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; CCD; Imaging; Photometer; SOFIA

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PHOTOMETRY; HIGH-SPEED IMAGING; HIGH-SPEED IMAGING PHOTOMETER FOR OCCULTATIONS (HIPO); SOFIA;

ASTRONOMY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PLANETS;

PHOTOMETERS;

EID: 10444221744     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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