Design and characterization of a balloon-borne diffraction-limited submillimeter telescope platform for BLAST-TNG

• Published in: Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII
• Main Authors: Lourie N. P., Angile F. E., Ashton P. C., Catanzaro B., Devlin M. J., Dicker S., Didier J., Dober B., Fissel L. M., Galitzki N., Gordon S., Klein J., Lowe I., Mauskopf P., Nati F., Novak G., Romualdez L. J., Soler J. D., Williams P. A.
• Other Authors: Marshall, Heather K, Spyromilio, Jason, Lourie, N, Angile, F, Ashton, P, Catanzaro, B, Devlin, M, Dicker, S, Didier, J, Dober, B, Fissel, L, Galitzki, N, Gordon, S, Klein, J, Lowe, I, Mauskopf, P, Nati, F, Novak, G, Romualdez, L, Soler, J, Williams, P
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: SPIE International Society For Optics and Photonics 2018
• Subjects: BLAST-TNG; Carbon fiber telescope; Gondola; Metrology; Scientific ballooning; Star formation; Submillimeter optic; Telescope structure; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/247723; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314380; http://spie.org/x1848.xml

The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for a 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2018-2019 season. BLAST-TNG will detect submillimeter polarized interstellar...