ROCKET-BORNE INSTRUMENT FOR OBSERVATIONS OF NEAR-INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED EXTENDED ASTROPHYSICAL EMISSION

Authors
MATSUHARA H KAWADA M MATSUMOTO T MATSUURA S TANAKA M BOCK JJ HRISTOV VV LANGE AE MAUSKOPF PD RICHARDS PL
Citation
H. Matsuhara et al., ROCKET-BORNE INSTRUMENT FOR OBSERVATIONS OF NEAR-INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED EXTENDED ASTROPHYSICAL EMISSION, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 46(6), 1994, pp. 665-676
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046264
Volume
46
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
665 - 676
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6264(1994)46:6<665:RIFOON>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We give a detailed description of the design and flight performance of an instrument onboard the S-52015 rocket of the Institute of Space an d Astronautical Science. The instrument, consisting of a near-infrared spectrometer and a far-infrared photometer at the focus of a 10 cm li quid-helium cooled telescope, was designed to observe both the brightn ess and distribution of diffuse emission with high sensitivity. The ro cket was successfully launched and the instrument observed near-infrar ed and far-infrared continuum emission, as well as [C(II)] 157.7 mum l ine emission from regions at high Galactic latitude. We also give a br ief description of the design and performance of an onboard attitude c ontrol system.