The advanced cosmic microwave explorer - A millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform
We have developed and flown a 1 m diameter Gregorian telescope system for measurements of anisotropy in the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR). The telescope is incorporated in a balloon-borne stabilized platform with arcminute stabilization capability. To date, the system has flown four times and ob...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19930046531 2023-05-15T18:21:44+02:00 The advanced cosmic microwave explorer - A millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform Meinhold, P. R. Chingcuanco, A. O. Gundersen, J. O. Schuster, J. A. Seiffert, M. D. Lubin, P. M. Morris, D. Villela, T. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available March 20, 1993 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930046531 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930046531 Accession ID: 93A30528 Copyright Other Sources 89 Astrophysical Journal, Part 1; 406; 1; p. 12-25. 1993 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T20:05:06Z We have developed and flown a 1 m diameter Gregorian telescope system for measurements of anisotropy in the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR). The telescope is incorporated in a balloon-borne stabilized platform with arcminute stabilization capability. To date, the system has flown four times and observed from the ground at the South Pole twice. The telescope has used both coherent and incoherent detectors. We describe the development of the telescope, pointing platform, and one of the receivers employed in making measurements of the CBR. Performance of the system during the first flight and operation on the ground at the South Pole are described, and the quality of the South Pole as a millimeter wave observing site is discussed. Other/Unknown Material South pole NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) South Pole |
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We have developed and flown a 1 m diameter Gregorian telescope system for measurements of anisotropy in the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR). The telescope is incorporated in a balloon-borne stabilized platform with arcminute stabilization capability. To date, the system has flown four times and observed from the ground at the South Pole twice. The telescope has used both coherent and incoherent detectors. We describe the development of the telescope, pointing platform, and one of the receivers employed in making measurements of the CBR. Performance of the system during the first flight and operation on the ground at the South Pole are described, and the quality of the South Pole as a millimeter wave observing site is discussed. |
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Meinhold, P. R. Chingcuanco, A. O. Gundersen, J. O. Schuster, J. A. Seiffert, M. D. Lubin, P. M. Morris, D. Villela, T. |
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The advanced cosmic microwave explorer - A millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform |
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The advanced cosmic microwave explorer - A millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform |
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The advanced cosmic microwave explorer - A millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform |
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The advanced cosmic microwave explorer - A millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform |
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The advanced cosmic microwave explorer - A millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform |
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advanced cosmic microwave explorer - a millimeter-wave telescope and stabilized platform |
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