First light with NEWFIRM

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7014, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Probst, Ronald G ^a   George, James R ^a   Daly, Philip N ^a   Don, Ken ^a   Ellis, Maureen ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared camera; Infrared filters; Instrument assembly.; Mechanical fabrication; Optical fabrication

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCY; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INFRARED CAMERA; INFRARED FILTERS; LABORATORY TESTING; MECHANICAL FABRICATION; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FABRICATION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; WIDE-FIELD;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

FABRICATION;

EID: 66249145062     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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