Performance verification of the ground-based mid-infrared camera MAX38 on the MiniTAO telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8446, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Asano, Kentaro ^a   Miyata, Takashi ^a   Sako, Shigeyuki ^a   Kamizuka, Takafumi ^a   Nakamuraa, Tomohiko ^a   Uchiyama, Mizuho ^a   Yoneda, Mizuki ^b   Kataza, Hirokazu ^c   Yoshii, Yuzuru ^a   Doi, Mamoru ^a   Kohno, Kotaro ^a   Kawara, Kimiaki ^a   Tanaka, Masuo ^a   Motohara, Kentaro ^a   Tanabe, Toshihiko ^a   Minezaki, Takeo ^a   Morokuma, Tomoki ^a   Tamura, Yoichi ^a   Aoki, Tsutomu ^a   Soyano, Takao ^a   Tarusawa, Kenichi ^a   Kato, Natsuko ^a   Konishi, Masahiro ^a   Koshida, Shintaro ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Handa, Toshihiro ^d   Tateuchi, Ken ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Camera; Ground based instrument; Mid infrared; TAO

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS; MIDINFRARED; PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; STREHL RATIO; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TAO; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CAMERAS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STARS; TELESCOPES; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84871966720     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.925590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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