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27 September 2023 FIREBall-2 UV balloon telescope in-flight calibration system
Jessica S. Li, Nazende I. Kerkeser, Aafaque R. Khan, Simran Agarwal, Erika T. Hamden, David Schiminovich, Haeun Chung, Vincent Picouet, Drew Miles, Keri Hoadley, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Harrison Bradley, Olivia Jones, D. Christopher Martin, Marty Crabill, Trenton Brendel, Shouleh Nikzad, Nicolas Bray, Johan Montel, Gillian Kyne, Zeren Lin, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Alain Peus, Didier Vibert, Nicole Melso, David Valls-Gabaud
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Proceedings Volume 12678, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII; 1267804 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676583
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States
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The integration of a new calibration system into FIREBall-2 (Faint Intergalactic Redshifted Emission Balloon-2) allows in-flight calibration capability for the upcoming Fall 2023 flight. This system is made up of a calibration box that contains zinc and deuterium lamp sources, focusing optics, electronics, and sensors, and a fiber-fed calibration cap with an optical shutter mounted on the spectrograph tank. We discuss how the calibration cap is optimized to be evenly illuminated through nonsequential modeling for the near-UV (200-208nm). Then, we present the pre-flight performance testing results of the calibration system and their implications for in-flight measurements.
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Jessica S. Li, Nazende I. Kerkeser, Aafaque R. Khan, Simran Agarwal, Erika T. Hamden, David Schiminovich, Haeun Chung, Vincent Picouet, Drew Miles, Keri Hoadley, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Harrison Bradley, Olivia Jones, D. Christopher Martin, Marty Crabill, Trenton Brendel, Shouleh Nikzad, Nicolas Bray, Johan Montel, Gillian Kyne, Zeren Lin, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Alain Peus, Didier Vibert, Nicole Melso, and David Valls-Gabaud "FIREBall-2 UV balloon telescope in-flight calibration system", Proc. SPIE 12678, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII, 1267804 (27 September 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676583
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KEYWORDS
Calibration
Balloons
Telescopes
Ultraviolet radiation
Ultraviolet telescopes
Camera shutters
Emission wavelengths
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