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The assembly, characterization, and performance of SISTINE

The Suborbital Imaging Spectrograph for Transition region Irradiance from Nearby Exoplanet host stars (SISTINE) is a rocket-borne ultraviolet (UV) imaging spectrograph designed to probe the radiation environment of nearby stars. SISTINE…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-07 Nicholas Nell , Kevin France , Nicholas Kruczek , Brian Fleming , Stefan Ulrich , Patrick Behr , Manuel A. Quijada , Javier Del Hoyo , John Hennessy

CHISL: The Combined High-resolution and Imaging Spectrograph for the LUVOIR Surveyor

NASA is currently carrying out science and technical studies to identify its next astronomy flagship mission, slated to begin development in the 2020s. It has become clear that a Large Ultraviolet/Optical/IR (LUVOIR) Surveyor mission…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Kevin France , Brian Fleming , Keri Hoadley

CHESS: an Innovative Concept for High-Resolution, Far-UV Spectroscopy

The space ultraviolet (UV) is a critical astronomical observing window, where a multitude of atomic, ionic, and molecular signatures provide crucial insight into planetary, interstellar, stellar, intergalactic, and extragalactic objects.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 Keri Hoadley , Kevin France , Nicholas Nell , Robert Kane , Brian Fleming , Allison Youngblood , Matthew Beasley

The Solar Orbiter SPICE instrument -- An extreme UV imaging spectrometer

The Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument is a high-resolution imaging spectrometer operating at extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths. In this paper, we present the concept, design, and pre-launch performance of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 The SPICE Consortium , : , M. Anderson , T. Appourchaux , F. Auchère , R. Aznar Cuadrado , J. Barbay , F. Baudin , S. Beardsley , K. Bocchialini , B. Borgo , D. Bruzzi , E. Buchlin , G. Burton , V. Blüchel , M. Caldwell , S. Caminade , M. Carlsson , W. Curdt , J. Davenne , J. Davila , C. E. DeForest , G. Del Zanna , D. Drummond , J. Dubau , C. Dumesnil , G. Dunn , P. Eccleston , A. Fludra , T. Fredvik , A. Gabriel , A. Giunta , A. Gottwald , D. Griffin , T. Grundy , S. Guest , M. Gyo , M. Haberreiter , V. Hansteen , R. Harrison , D. M. Hassler , S. V. H. Haugan , C. Howe , M. Janvier , R. Klein , S. Koller , T. A. Kucera , D. Kouliche , E. Marsch , A. Marshall , G. Marshall , S. A. Matthews , C. McQuirk , S. Meining , C. Mercier , N. Morris , T. Morse , G. Munro , S. Parenti , C. Pastor-Santos , H. Peter , D. Pfiffner , P. Phelan , A. Philippon , A. Richards , K. Rogers , C. Sawyer , P. Schlatter , W. Schmutz , U. Schühle , B. Shaughnessy , S. Sidher , S. K. Solanki , R. Speight , M. Spescha , N. Szwec , C. Tamiatto , L. Teriaca , W. Thompson , I. Tosh , S. Tustain , J. -C. Vial , B. Walls , N. Waltham , R. Wimmer-Schweingruber , S. Woodward , P. Young , A. De Groof , A. Pacros , D. Williams , D. Müller

The Sunrise Ultraviolet Spectropolarimeter and Imager: Instrument description

The third science flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise carries three entirely new post-focus science instruments with spectropolarimetric capabilities, concurrently covering an extended spectral range from the near…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-09 A. Feller , A. Gandorfer , B. Grauf , J. Hölken , F. A. Iglesias , A. Korpi-Lagg , T. L. Riethmüller , J. Staub , G. Fernandez-Rico , J. S. Castellanos Durán , S. K. Solanki , H. N. Smitha , K. Sant , P. Barthol , M. Bayon Laguna , M. Bergmann , J. Bischoff , J. Bochmann , S. Bruns , W. Deutsch , M. Eberhardt , R. Enge , S. Goodyear , K. Heerlein , J. Heinrichs , D. Hirche , S. Meining , R. Mende , S. Meyer , M. Mühlhaus , M. F. Müller , K. Monecke , D. Oberdorfer , I. Papagiannaki , S. Ramanath , M. Vergöhl , D. Vukadinović , S. Werner , K. Zerr , A. Bell , T. Berkefeld , P. Bernasconi , M. Carpenter , Y. Katsukawa , J. C. del Toro Iniesta , A. Álvarez Herrero , M. Kubo , V. Martínez Pillet , D. Orozco Suárez

SPHERE: the exoplanet imager for the Very Large Telescope

Observations of circumstellar environments to look for the direct signal of exoplanets and the scattered light from disks has significant instrumental implications. In the past 15 years, major developments in adaptive optics, coronagraphy,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-13 J. -L. Beuzit , A. Vigan , D. Mouillet , K. Dohlen , R. Gratton , A. Boccaletti , J. -F. Sauvage , H. M. Schmid , M. Langlois , C. Petit , A. Baruffolo , M. Feldt , J. Milli , Z. Wahhaj , L. Abe , U. Anselmi , J. Antichi , R. Barette , J. Baudrand , P. Baudoz , A. Bazzon , P. Bernardi , P. Blanchard , R. Brast , P. Bruno , T. Buey , M. Carbillet , M. Carle , E. Cascone , F. Chapron , G. Chauvin , J. Charton , R. Claudi , A. Costille , V. De Caprio , A. Delboulbé , S. Desidera , C. Dominik , M. Downing , O. Dupuis , C. Fabron , D. Fantinel , G. Farisato , P. Feautrier , E. Fedrigo , T. Fusco , P. Gigan , C. Ginski , J. Girard , E. Giro , D. Gisler , L. Gluck , C. Gry , T. Henning , N. Hubin , E. Hugot , S. Incorvaia , M. Jaquet , M. Kasper , E. Lagadec , A. -M. Lagrange , H. Le Coroller , D. Le Mignant , B. Le Ruyet , G. Lessio , J. -L. Lizon , M. Llored , L. Lundin , F. Madec , Y. Magnard , M. Marteaud , P. Martinez , D. Maurel , F. Ménard , D. Mesa , O. Möller-Nilsson , T. Moulin , C. Moutou , A. Origné , J. Parisot , A. Pavlov , D. Perret , J. Pragt , P. Puget , P. Rabou , J. Ramos , J. -M. Reess , F. Rigal , S. Rochat , R. Roelfsema , G. Rousset , A. Roux , M. Saisse , B. Salasnich , E. Santambrogio , S. Scuderi , D. Segransan , A. Sevin , R. Siebenmorgen , C. Soenke , E. Stadler , M. Suarez , D. Tiphène , M. Turatto , S. Udry , F. Vakili , L. B. F. M. Waters , L. Weber , F. Wildi , G. Zins , A. Zurlo

The Case for High Resolution Spectroscopy in the Ultraviolet

The Astro2020 Decadal Survey declared that the baryon cycle is one of the top-priority science topics for current astrophysics. Space instruments with both high spectral resolution and high throughput in the ultraviolet are required for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-02 Jeffrey L. Linsky , Todd M. Tripp , Seth Redfield , Kevin France

Increasing science yield with a twilight observing program with the SCALES instrument at Keck

While astronomical twilight closes the observing window for optical astronomers, the infrared sky remains dark even through sunrise, allowing IR astronomers to observe through twilight. The Slicer Combined with an Array of Lenslets for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-19 Isabel J. Kain , Carlos Alvarez , John M. O'Meara , Marc Kassis , Peter Wizinowich , Antonin Bouchez , Jim Lyke , Randy Campbell , Avinash Surendran , Imke de Pater , Katherine de Kleer , Ned Molter , Erin Redwing , Rosalie McGurk , Steph Sallum , Andrew Skemer

Upgrading the high contrast imaging facility SPHERE: science drivers and instrument choices

SPHERE+ is a proposed upgrade of the SPHERE instrument at the VLT, which is intended to boost the current performances of detection and characterization for exoplanets and disks. SPHERE+ will also serve as a demonstrator for the future…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 A. Boccaletti , G. Chauvin , F. Wildi , J. Milli , E. Stadler , E. Diolaiti , R. Gratton , F. Vidal , M. Loupias , M. Langlois , F. Cantalloube , M. N'Diaye , D. Gratadour , F. Ferreira , M. Tallon , J. Mazoyer , D. Segransan , D. Mouillet , J. -L. Beuzit , M. Bonnefoy , R. Galicher , A. Vigan , I. Snellen , M. Feldt , S. Desidera , S. Rousseau , A. Baruffolo , C. Goulas , P. Baudoz , C. Bechet , M. Benisty , A. Bianco , B. Carry , E. Cascone , B. Charnay , E. Choquet , V. Christiaens , F. Cortecchia , V. de Caprio , A. De Rosa , C. Desgrange , V. D'Orazi , S. Douté , M. Frangiamore , E. Gendron , C. Ginski , E. Huby , C. Keller , C. Kulcsár , R. Landman , S. Lagarde , E. Lagadec , A. -M. Lagrange , M. Lombini M. Kasper , F. Ménard , Y. Magnard , G. Malaguti , D. Maurel , D. Mesa , G. Morgante , E. Pantin , T. Pichon , A. Potier , P. Rabou , S. Rochat , L. Terenzi , E. Thiébaut , I. Tallon-Bosc , H. -F. Raynaud , D. Rouan , A. Sevin , F. Schiavone , L. Schreiber , A. Zanutta

Alice: The Rosetta Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph

We describe the design, performance and scientific objectives of the NASA-funded ALICE instrument aboard the ESA Rosetta asteroid flyby/comet rendezvous mission. ALICE is a lightweight, low-power, and low-cost imaging spectrograph optimized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. A. Stern , D. C. Slater , J. Scherrer , J. Stone , M. Versteeg , M. F. A'Hearn , J. L. Bertaux , P. D. Feldman , M. C. Festou , J. Wm. Parker , O. H. W. Siegmund

Retrieving Instantaneous Field of View and Geophysical Information for Atmospheric Limb Sounding with USGNC Near Real-Time Orbit Data

The Limb-imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric Extreme-ultraviolet Spectrograph (LITES) experiment is one of thirteen instruments aboard the Space Test Program Houston 5 (STP-H5) payload on the International Space Station. Along with the…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-01-29 Laura Cui

The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE). V. Complete observations, data reduction and analysis, detection performances, and final results

During the past decade, state-of-the-art planet-finder instruments like SPHERE@VLT, coupling coronagraphic devices and extreme adaptive optics systems, unveiled, thanks to large surveys, around 20 planetary mass companions at semi-major…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 A. Chomez , P. Delorme , A. -M. Lagrange , R. Gratton , O. Flasseur , G. Chauvin , M. Langlois , J. Mazoyer , A. Zurlo , S. Desidera , D. Mesa , M. Bonnefoy , M. Feldt , J. Hagelberg , M. Meyer , A. Vigan , C. Ginski , M. Kenworthy , D. Albert , S. Bergeon , J. -L. Beuzit , B. Biller , T. Bhowmik , A. Boccaletti , M. Bonavita , W. Brandner , F. Cantalloube , A. Cheetham , V. D'Orazi , C. Dominik , C. Fontanive , R. Galicher , Th. Henning , M. Janson , Q. Kral , E. Lagadec , C. Lazzoni , H. Le Coroller , R. Ligi , A. -L. Maire , G. -D. Marleau , F. Menard , S. Messina , N. Meunier , C. Mordasini , C. Moutou , A. Müller , C. Perrot , M. Samland , H. M. Schmid , T. Schmidt , V. Squicciarini , E. Sissa , M. Turatto , S. Udry , L. Abe , J. Antichi , R. Asensio-Torres , A. Baruffolo , P. Baudoz , J. Baudrand , A. Bazzon , P. Blanchard , A. J. Bohn , S. Brown Sevilla , M. Carbillet , M. Carle , E. Cascone , J. Charton , R. Claudi , A. Costille , V. De Caprio , A. Delboulbe , K. Dohlen , N. Engler , D. Fantinel , P. Feautrier , T. Fusco , P. Gigan , J. H. Girard , E. Giro , D. Gisler , L. Gluck , C. Gry , N. Hubin , E. Hugot , M. Jaquet , M. Kasper , D. Le Mignant , M. Llored , F. Madec , Y. Magnard , P. Martinez , D. Maurel , O. Möller-Nilsson , D. Mouillet , T. Moulin , A. Origné , A. Pavlov , D. Perret , C. Petit , J. Pragt , P. Puget , P. Rabou , J. Ramos , E. L. Rickman , F. Rigal , S. Rochat , R. Roelfsema , G. Rousset , A. Roux , B. Salasnich , J. -F. Sauvage , A. Sevin , C. Soenke , E. Stadler , M. Suarez , Z. Wahhaj , L. Weber , F. Wildi

SPHERE+: Imaging young Jupiters down to the snowline

SPHERE (Beuzit et al,. 2019) has now been in operation at the VLT for more than 5 years, demonstrating a high level of performance. SPHERE has produced outstanding results using a variety of operating modes, primarily in the field of direct…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-16 A. Boccaletti , G. Chauvin , D. Mouillet , O. Absil , F. Allard , S. Antoniucci , J. -C. Augereau , P. Barge , A. Baruffolo , J. -L. Baudino , P. Baudoz , M. Beaulieu , M. Benisty , J. -L. Beuzit , A. Bianco , B. Biller , B. Bonavita , M. Bonnefoy , S. Bos , J. -C. Bouret , W. Brandner , N. Buchschache , B. Carry , F. Cantalloube , E. Cascone , A. Carlotti , B. Charnay , A. Chiavassa , E. Choquet , Y. Clenet , A. Crida , J. De Boer , V. De Caprio , S. Desidera , J. -M. Desert , J. -B. Delisle , P. Delorme , K. Dohlen , D. Doelman , C. Dominik , V. D Orazi , C. Dougados , S. Doute , D. Fedele , M. Feldt , F. Ferreira , C. Fontanive , T. Fusco , R. Galicher , A. Garufi , E. Gendron , A. Ghedina , C. Ginski , J. -F. Gonzalez , D. Gratadour , R. Gratton , T. Guillot , S. Haffert , J. Hagelberg , T. Henning , E. Huby , M. Janson , I. Kamp , C. Keller , M. Kenworthy , P. Kervella , Q. Kral , J. Kuhn , E. Lagadec , G. Laibe , M. Langlois , A. -M. Lagrange , R. Launhardt , L. Leboulleux , H. Le Coroller , G. Li Causi , M. Loupias , A. L. Maire , G. Marleau , F. Martinache , P. Martinez , D. Mary , M. Mattioli , J. Mazoyer , H. Meheut , F. Menard , D. Mesa , N. Meunier , Y. Miguel , J. Milli , M. Min , P. Molliere , C. Mordasini , G. Moretto , L. Mugnier , G. Muro Arena , N. Nardetto , M. N Diaye , N. Nesvadba , F. Pedichini , P. Pinilla , E. Por , A. Potier , S. Quanz , J. Rameau , R. Roelfsema , D. Rouan , E. Rigliaco , B. Salasnich , M. Samland , J. -F. Sauvage , H. -M. Schmid , D. Segransan , I. Snellen , F. Snik , F. Soulez , E. Stadler , D. Stam , M. Tallon , P. Thebault , E. Thiebaut , C. Tschudi , S. Udry , R. van Holstein , P. Vernazza , F. Vidal , A. Vigan , R. Waters , F. Wildi , M. Willson , A. Zanutta , A. Zavagno , A. Zurlo

The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer: Mission Overview and Prospects for Studies of the Interstellar Medium and High Velocity Clouds

The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) is a NASA astronomy mission that will explore the 905-1187 A wavelength region at high spectral resolution. Funded by NASA's Explorer Program, this Origins mission is scheduled for a 1999…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kenneth R. Sembach

First light of VLT/HiRISE: High-resolution spectroscopy of young giant exoplanets

A major endeavor of this decade is the direct characterization of young giant exoplanets at high spectral resolution to determine the composition of their atmosphere and infer their formation processes and evolution. Such a goal represents…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 A. Vigan , M. El Morsy , M. Lopez , G. P. P. L. Otten , J. Garcia , J. Costes , E. Muslimov , A. Viret , Y. Charles , G. Zins , G. Murray , A. Costille , J. Paufique , U. Seemann , M. Houllé , H. Anwand-Heerwart , M. Phillips , A. Abinanti , P. Balard , I. Baraffe , J. -A. Benedetti , P. Blanchard , L. Blanco , J. -L. Beuzit , E. Choquet , P. Cristofari , S. Desidera , K. Dohlen , R. Dorn , T. Ely , E. Fuenteseca , N. Garcia , M. Jaquet , F. Jaubert , M. Kasper , J. Le Merrer , A. -L. Maire , M. N'Diaye , L. Pallanca , D. Popovic , R. Pourcelot , A. Reiners , S. Rochat , C. Sehim , R. Schmutzer , A. Smette , N. Tchoubaklian , P. Tomlinson , J. Valenzuela Soto

Stellar Imaging Coronagraph and Exoplanet Coronal Spectrometer: Two Additional Instruments for Exoplanet Exploration Onboard The WSO-UV 1.7 Meter Orbital Telescope

The World Space Observatory for Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) is an orbital optical telescope with a 1.7 m-diameter primary mirror currently under development. The WSO-UV is aimed to operate in the 115-310 nm UV spectral range. Its two major science…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-18 Alexander Tavrov , Shingo Kameda , Andrey Yudaev , Ilia Dzyuban , Alexander Kiselev , Inna Shashkova , Oleg Korablev , Mikhail Sachkov , Jun Nishikawa , Motohide Tamura , Go Murakami , Keigo Enya , Masahiro Ikoma , Norio Narita

SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere

SuperBIT was a 0.5-meter near-ultraviolet to near-infrared wide-field telescope that launched on a NASA superpressure balloon into the stratosphere from New Zealand for a 45-night flight. SuperBIT acquired multi-band images of galaxy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-06 Ajay S. Gill , Steven J. Benton , Christopher J. Damaren , Spencer W. Everett , Aurelien A. Fraisse , John W. Hartley , David Harvey , Bradley Holder , Eric M. Huff , Mathilde Jauzac , William C. Jones , David Lagattuta , Jason S. -Y. Leung , Lun Li , Thuy Vy T. Luu , Richard Massey , Jacqueline E. McCleary , Johanna M. Nagy , C. Barth Netterfield , Emaad Paracha , Susan F. Redmond , Jason D. Rhodes , Andrew Robertson , L. Javier Romualdez , Jürgen Schmoll , Mohamed M. Shaaban , Ellen L. Sirks , Georgios N. Vassilakis , André Z. Vitorelliand

The Submillimeter Frontier: A Space Science Imperative

A major goal of modern astrophysics is to understand the processes by which the universe evolved from its initial simplicity, as seen in measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background, to the universe we see today, with complexity on all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 John C. Mather , S. Harvey Moseley, , David Leisawitz , Eli Dwek , Perry Hacking , Martin Harwit , Lee G. Mundy , Richard F. Mushotzky , David Neufeld , David Spergel , Edward L. Wright

ALICE: The Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph aboard the New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission

The New Horizons ALICE instrument is a lightweight (4.4 kg), low-power (4.4 Watt) imaging spectrograph aboard the New Horizons mission to Pluto/Charon and the Kuiper Belt. Its primary job is to determine the relative abundances of various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-25 S. Alan Stern , David C. Slater , John Scherrer , John Stone , Greg Dirks , Maarten Versteeg , Michael Davis , G. R. Gladstone , Joel Wm. Parker , Leslie A. Young , O. H. W. Siegmund

The re-flight of the Colorado high-resolution Echelle stellar spectrograph (CHESS): improvements, calibrations, and post-flight results

In this proceeding, we describe the scientific motivation and technical development of the Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph (CHESS), focusing on the hardware advancements and testing supporting the second flight of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Keri Hoadley , Kevin France , Nicholas Kruczek , Brian Fleming , Nicholas Nell , Robert Kane , Jack Swanson , James Green , Nicholas Erickson , Jacob Wilson