Performance of the SPARCS UV camera and detectors

April D. Jewell; Christophe Basset; Shouleh Nikzad; Gillian Kyne; Yuki Maruyama; Nathan Bush; John Hennessy; Todd J. Jones; Matthew Klein; Steve Monacos; Robin E. Rodriguez; David Ardila; Judd Bowman; Jonathan Gamaunt; Dawn Gregory; Daniel Jacobs; Logan Jensen; Matthew Kolopanis; Cristy Ladwig; Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa; Paul Scowen; Nathaniel Strubel; Evgenya Shkolnik

doi:10.1117/12.3018492

21 August 2024 Performance of the SPARCS UV camera and detectors

April D. Jewell, Christophe Basset, Shouleh Nikzad, Gillian Kyne, Yuki Maruyama, Nathan Bush, John Hennessy, Todd J. Jones, Matthew Klein, Steve Monacos, Robin E. Rodriguez, David Ardila, Judd Bowman, Jonathan Gamaunt, Dawn Gregory, Daniel Jacobs, Logan Jensen, Matthew Kolopanis, Cristy Ladwig, Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa, Paul Scowen, Nathaniel Strubel, Evgenya Shkolnik

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1309304 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018492
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) is 6U CubeSat whose mission will be to observe low-mass stars in two ultraviolet (UV) bands. SPARCS will provide time-dependent spectral slope, intensity, and evolution of stellar radiation with the goal of understanding the short- and long-term variability of these targets.

Here we summarize the performance of SPARCam, the science camera for SPARCS. SPARCam is a two-detector camera system allowing independent commanding of two delta-doped, UV CCD47-20 detectors, separately optimized for the SPARCS near UV (NUV) and far UV (FUV) bands. The manuscript includes an overview of the UV detectors optimization and performance as well as a brief description of the camera electronics.

SPARCam was developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and delivered to Arizona State University in October 2023.

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April D. Jewell, Christophe Basset, Shouleh Nikzad, Gillian Kyne, Yuki Maruyama, Nathan Bush, John Hennessy, Todd J. Jones, Matthew Klein, Steve Monacos, Robin E. Rodriguez, David Ardila, Judd Bowman, Jonathan Gamaunt, Dawn Gregory, Daniel Jacobs, Logan Jensen, Matthew Kolopanis, Cristy Ladwig, Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa, Paul Scowen, Nathaniel Strubel, and Evgenya Shkolnik "Performance of the SPARCS UV camera and detectors", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1309304 (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018492

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