Calibration and flight performance of the long-slit imaging dual order spectrograph

Roxana E. Lupu; Stephan R. McCandliss; Brian Fleming; Kevin France; Paul D. Feldman; Shouleh Nikzad

doi:10.1117/12.786435

Calibration and flight performance of the long-slit imaging dual order spectrograph

Astrophysics 2009-11-13 v1

Authors: Roxana E. Lupu , Stephan R. McCandliss , Brian Fleming , Kevin France , Paul D. Feldman , Shouleh Nikzad

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We present a preliminary calibration and flight performance of the Long-Slit Imaging Dual Order Spectrograph (LIDOS), a rocket-borne instrument with a large dynamic range in the 900 - 1700A bandpass. The instrument observes UV-bright objects with a CCD channel and fainter nebulosity with an MCP detector. The image quality and the detector quantum efficiencies were determined using the calibration and test equipment at the Johns Hopkins University, and further monitored using an on-board electron-impact calibration lamp. We review results from each of the three flights of the instrument.

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solar instrument calibration astronomical instrumentation and telescopes space missions and instrumentation

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@article{arxiv.0806.1755,
  title  = {Calibration and flight performance of the long-slit imaging dual order spectrograph},
  author = {Roxana E. Lupu and Stephan R. McCandliss and Brian Fleming and Kevin France and Paul D. Feldman and Shouleh Nikzad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1755},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages. to appear in Proc. SPIE 7011

Calibration and flight performance of the long-slit imaging dual order spectrograph

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