HIPO in-flight performance aboard SOFIA

Edward W. Dunham; Thomas A. Bida; Peter L. Collins; Georgi I. Mandushev; Ian S. McLean; Michael J. Person; Erin C. Smith; Brian W. Taylor; Saeid Zoonematkermani

doi:10.1117/12.926749

HIPO in-flight performance aboard SOFIA

Edward W. Dunham^*, Thomas A. Bida, Peter L. Collins, Georgi I. Mandushev, Ian S. McLean, Michael J. Person, Erin C. Smith, Brian W. Taylor, Saeid Zoonematkermani

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Abstract

HIPO is a special purpose science instrument for SOFIA that was also designed to be used for Observatory test work. It was used in a series of flights from June to December 2011 as part of the SOFIA Characterization and Integration (SCAI) flight test program. Partial commissioning of HIPO and the co-mounted HIPO-FLITECAM (FLIPO) configuration were included within the scope of the SCAI work. The commissioning measurements included such things as optical throughput, image size and shape as a function of wavelength and exposure time, image motion assessment over a wide frequency range, scintillation noise, photometric stability assessment, twilight sky brightness, cosmic ray rate as a function of altitude, telescope pointing control, secondary mirror control, and GPS time and position performance. As part of this work we successfully observed a stellar occultation by Pluto, our first SOFIA science data. We report here on the observed in-flight performance of HIPO both when mounted alone and when used in the FLIPO configuration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926749
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8446
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	1/07/12 → 6/07/12

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Dunham, E. W., Bida, T. A., Collins, P. L., Mandushev, G. I., McLean, I. S., Person, M. J., Smith, E. C., Taylor, B. W., & Zoonematkermani, S. (2012). HIPO in-flight performance aboard SOFIA. In Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV Article 844618 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8446). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926749

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