The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a suborbital surveying experiment designed to study the evolutionary history and processes of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and galaxies at cosmological distances. The BLAST continuum camera, which consi...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:14246 2023-05-15T13:49:58+02:00 The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST Pascale, E. Ade, P. A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S. Griffin, M. Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, P. C. Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, P. Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, C. Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. 2008-07-01 application/pdf https://authors.library.caltech.edu/14246/ https://authors.library.caltech.edu/14246/1/PASapj08.pdf https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090517-211252065 en eng University of Chicago Press https://authors.library.caltech.edu/14246/1/PASapj08.pdf Pascale, E. and Ade, P. A. R. and Bock, J. J. and Chapin, E. L. and Chung, J. and Devlin, M. J. and Dicker, S. and Griffin, M. and Gundersen, J. O. and Halpern, M. and Hargrave, P. C. and Hughes, D. H. and Klein, J. and MacTavish, C. J. and Marsden, G. and Martin, P. G. and Martin, T. G. and Mauskopf, P. and Netterfield, C. B. and Olmi, L. and Patanchon, G. and Rex, M. and Scott, D. and Semisch, C. and Thomas, N. and Truch, M. D. P. and Tucker, C. and Tucker, G. S. and Viero, M. P. and Wiebe, D. V. (2008) The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST. Astrophysical Journal, 681 (1). pp. 400-414. ISSN 0004-637X. doi:10.1086/588541. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090517-211252065 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090517-211252065> other Article PeerReviewed 2008 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 2021-11-11T18:42:15Z The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a suborbital surveying experiment designed to study the evolutionary history and processes of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and galaxies at cosmological distances. The BLAST continuum camera, which consists of 270 detectors distributed between three arrays, observes simultaneously in broadband (30%) spectral windows at 250, 350, and 500 μm. The optical design is based on a 2 m diameter telescope, providing a diffraction-limited resolution of 30'' at 250 μm. The gondola pointing system enables raster mapping of arbitrary geometry, with a repeatable positional accuracy of ~30''; postflight pointing reconstruction to ≾5'' rms is achieved. The onboard telescope control software permits autonomous execution of a preselected set of maps, with the option of manual override. In this paper we describe the primary characteristics and measured in-flight performance of BLAST. BLAST performed a test flight in 2003 and has since made two scientifically productive long-duration balloon flights: a 100 hr flight from ESRANGE (Kiruna), Sweden to Victoria Island, northern Canada in 2005 June; and a 250 hr, circumpolar flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in 2006 December. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Kiruna Victoria Island victoria island Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Canada Esrange ENVELOPE(21.117,21.117,67.883,67.883) Kiruna McMurdo Station ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.850,-77.850) Milky Way ENVELOPE(-68.705,-68.705,-71.251,-71.251) The Astrophysical Journal 681 1 400 414 |
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The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a suborbital surveying experiment designed to study the evolutionary history and processes of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and galaxies at cosmological distances. The BLAST continuum camera, which consists of 270 detectors distributed between three arrays, observes simultaneously in broadband (30%) spectral windows at 250, 350, and 500 μm. The optical design is based on a 2 m diameter telescope, providing a diffraction-limited resolution of 30'' at 250 μm. The gondola pointing system enables raster mapping of arbitrary geometry, with a repeatable positional accuracy of ~30''; postflight pointing reconstruction to ≾5'' rms is achieved. The onboard telescope control software permits autonomous execution of a preselected set of maps, with the option of manual override. In this paper we describe the primary characteristics and measured in-flight performance of BLAST. BLAST performed a test flight in 2003 and has since made two scientifically productive long-duration balloon flights: a 100 hr flight from ESRANGE (Kiruna), Sweden to Victoria Island, northern Canada in 2005 June; and a 250 hr, circumpolar flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in 2006 December. |
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Pascale, E. Ade, P. A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S. Griffin, M. Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, P. C. Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, P. Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, C. Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. |
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Pascale, E. Ade, P. A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S. Griffin, M. Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, P. C. Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, P. Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, C. Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
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Pascale, E. Ade, P. A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S. Griffin, M. Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, P. C. Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, P. Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, C. Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. |
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The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
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The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
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https://authors.library.caltech.edu/14246/1/PASapj08.pdf Pascale, E. and Ade, P. A. R. and Bock, J. J. and Chapin, E. L. and Chung, J. and Devlin, M. J. and Dicker, S. and Griffin, M. and Gundersen, J. O. and Halpern, M. and Hargrave, P. C. and Hughes, D. H. and Klein, J. and MacTavish, C. J. and Marsden, G. and Martin, P. G. and Martin, T. G. and Mauskopf, P. and Netterfield, C. B. and Olmi, L. and Patanchon, G. and Rex, M. and Scott, D. and Semisch, C. and Thomas, N. and Truch, M. D. P. and Tucker, C. and Tucker, G. S. and Viero, M. P. and Wiebe, D. V. (2008) The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST. Astrophysical Journal, 681 (1). pp. 400-414. ISSN 0004-637X. doi:10.1086/588541. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090517-211252065 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090517-211252065> |
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