Rocket-borne instrument for observations of near-infrared and far-infrared extended astrophysical emission

Matsuhara, Hideo, Kawada, Mitsunobu, Matsumoto, Toshio, Matsuura, Shuji, Tanaka, Masahiro, Bock, James J., Hristov, Viktor V., Lange, Andrew E., Mauskopf, Philip Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-5516 and Richards, Paul L. 1994. Rocket-borne instrument for observations of near-infrared and far-infrared extended astrophysical emission. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ) 46 (6) , pp. 665-676.

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Abstract

We give a detailed description of the design and flight performance of an instrument onboard the S-520-15 rocket of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. The isntrument, consisting of a near-infrared spectrometer and a far-infrared photometer at the focus of a 10 cm liquid-helium cooled telescope, was designed to observe both the brightness and distribution of diffuse emission with high sensitivity. The rocket was successfully launched and the instrument observed near-infrared and far-infrared continuum emission, as well as (C II) 157.7 micrometer line emission from regions at high Galactic latitude. We also give a brief description of the design and performance of an onboard attitude control system.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Design Analysis, Infrared Photometry, Infrared Spectrometers, Infrared Telescopes, Rocket-Borne instruments, astronomical photometry, carbon, far infrared R radiation, galactic radiation, line spectra, near infrared radiation
Publisher:	Astronomical Society of Japan
ISSN:	0004-6264
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 08:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/70915

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