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Flight demonstration of a milliarcsecond pointing system for direct exoplanet imaging |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 29, pp. 7069-7079 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.007069
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Abstract
We present flight results from the optical pointing control system onboard the
Planetary Imaging Concept Testbed
Using a Rocket Experiment (PICTURE) sounding rocket. PICTURE (NASA mission
number: 36.225 UG) was launched on 8 October 2011, from White Sands Missile
Range. It attempted to directly image the exozodiacal dust disk of
© 2012 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(350.1260) Other areas of optics : Astronomical optics
(220.1080) Optical design and fabrication : Active or adaptive optics
ToC Category:
Astronomical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 19, 2012
Revised Manuscript: August 15, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 4, 2012
Published: October 9, 2012
Citation
Christopher B. Mendillo, Supriya Chakrabarti, Timothy A. Cook, Brian A. Hicks, and Benjamin F. Lane, "Flight demonstration of a milliarcsecond pointing system for direct exoplanet imaging," Appl. Opt. 51, 7069-7079 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-51-29-7069
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