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...
Published in: | The Astrophysical Journal |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
IOP Publishing
2008
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7335/ https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 |
id |
ftunivcardiff:oai:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk:7335 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivcardiff:oai:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk:7335 2023-05-15T13:49:12+02:00 The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST Pascale, Enzo Ade, Peter A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S Griffin, Matthew Joseph Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, Peter Charles Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, Philip Daniel Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, Carole Elizabeth Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. 2008 https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7335/ https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 unknown IOP Publishing Pascale, Enzo https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A1208841.html orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154 orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154, Ade, Peter A. R. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0479492.html orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401 orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401, Bock, J. J., Chapin, E. L., Chung, J., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S, Griffin, Matthew Joseph https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A040197E.html orcid:0000-0002-0033-177X orcid:0000-0002-0033-177X, Gundersen, J. O., Halpern, M., Hargrave, Peter Charles https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0092488.html orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629 orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629, Hughes, D. H., Klein, J., MacTavish, C. J., Marsden, G., Martin, P. G., Martin, T. G., Mauskopf, Philip Daniel https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0247312.html orcid:0000-0001-6397-5516 orcid:0000-0001-6397-5516, Netterfield, C. B., Olmi, L., Patanchon, G., Rex, M., Scott, D., Semisch, C., Thomas, N., Truch, M. D. P., Tucker, Carole Elizabeth https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A016987K.html orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918 orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918, Tucker, G. S., Viero, M. P. and Wiebe, D. V. 2008. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST. Astrophysical Journal 681 (1) , pp. 400-414. 10.1086/588541 https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 doi:10.1086/588541 Article PeerReviewed 2008 ftunivcardiff https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 2022-12-08T23:32:05Z 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 lesssim5'' 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 Cardiff University: ORCA (Online Research @ Cardiff) Kiruna Canada McMurdo Station ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.850,-77.850) Esrange ENVELOPE(21.117,21.117,67.883,67.883) Milky Way ENVELOPE(-68.705,-68.705,-71.251,-71.251) The Astrophysical Journal 681 1 400 414 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Cardiff University: ORCA (Online Research @ Cardiff) |
op_collection_id |
ftunivcardiff |
language |
unknown |
description |
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 lesssim5'' 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. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Pascale, Enzo Ade, Peter A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S Griffin, Matthew Joseph Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, Peter Charles Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, Philip Daniel Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, Carole Elizabeth Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. |
spellingShingle |
Pascale, Enzo Ade, Peter A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S Griffin, Matthew Joseph Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, Peter Charles Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, Philip Daniel Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, Carole Elizabeth Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
author_facet |
Pascale, Enzo Ade, Peter A. R. Bock, J. J. Chapin, E. L. Chung, J. Devlin, M. J. Dicker, S Griffin, Matthew Joseph Gundersen, J. O. Halpern, M. Hargrave, Peter Charles Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. MacTavish, C. J. Marsden, G. Martin, P. G. Martin, T. G. Mauskopf, Philip Daniel Netterfield, C. B. Olmi, L. Patanchon, G. Rex, M. Scott, D. Semisch, C. Thomas, N. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, Carole Elizabeth Tucker, G. S. Viero, M. P. Wiebe, D. V. |
author_sort |
Pascale, Enzo |
title |
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
title_short |
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
title_full |
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
title_fullStr |
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
title_full_unstemmed |
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST |
title_sort |
balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope: blast |
publisher |
IOP Publishing |
publishDate |
2008 |
url |
https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7335/ https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.850,-77.850) ENVELOPE(21.117,21.117,67.883,67.883) ENVELOPE(-68.705,-68.705,-71.251,-71.251) |
geographic |
Kiruna Canada McMurdo Station Esrange Milky Way |
geographic_facet |
Kiruna Canada McMurdo Station Esrange Milky Way |
genre |
Antarc* Antarctica Kiruna Victoria Island victoria island |
genre_facet |
Antarc* Antarctica Kiruna Victoria Island victoria island |
op_relation |
Pascale, Enzo https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A1208841.html orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154 orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154, Ade, Peter A. R. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0479492.html orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401 orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401, Bock, J. J., Chapin, E. L., Chung, J., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S, Griffin, Matthew Joseph https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A040197E.html orcid:0000-0002-0033-177X orcid:0000-0002-0033-177X, Gundersen, J. O., Halpern, M., Hargrave, Peter Charles https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0092488.html orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629 orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629, Hughes, D. H., Klein, J., MacTavish, C. J., Marsden, G., Martin, P. G., Martin, T. G., Mauskopf, Philip Daniel https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0247312.html orcid:0000-0001-6397-5516 orcid:0000-0001-6397-5516, Netterfield, C. B., Olmi, L., Patanchon, G., Rex, M., Scott, D., Semisch, C., Thomas, N., Truch, M. D. P., Tucker, Carole Elizabeth https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A016987K.html orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918 orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918, Tucker, G. S., Viero, M. P. and Wiebe, D. V. 2008. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST. Astrophysical Journal 681 (1) , pp. 400-414. 10.1086/588541 https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 doi:10.1086/588541 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1086/588541 |
container_title |
The Astrophysical Journal |
container_volume |
681 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
400 |
op_container_end_page |
414 |
_version_ |
1766250990444478464 |