Antarctic Surveying Telescope (AST3-3) NIR camera for the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS): thermal optimization and system performance

Jessica R. Zheng; Jon Lawrence; Robert Content; Vladimir Churilov; Kaiyuan Zhang; Xiangyan Yuan; Haiping Lu

doi:10.1117/12.2231065

15 August 2016 Antarctic Surveying Telescope (AST3-3) NIR camera for the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS): thermal optimization and system performance

Jessica R. Zheng, Jon Lawrence, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Kaiyuan Zhang, Xiangyan Yuan, Haiping Lu

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Proceedings Volume 9911, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VII; 99111H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231065
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Antarctic survey telescope (AST 3-3) near infrared(NIR) camera is designed to conduct the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey which will provide a comprehensive exploration of the time varying Universe in the near infrared. It is going to be located at Dome A, on the Antarctic plateau, one of the most unique low background sites at the K_dark band (2.4μm). Carefully designed thermal emission from the telescope and the K_dark camera is very important to realize background limited operation. We setup a scattering and thermal emission model of the whole system to optimize the camera performance. An exposure time calculator was also built to predict system performance.

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Jessica R. Zheng, Jon Lawrence, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Kaiyuan Zhang, Xiangyan Yuan, and Haiping Lu "Antarctic Surveying Telescope (AST3-3) NIR camera for the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS): thermal optimization and system performance", Proc. SPIE 9911, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VII, 99111H (15 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231065

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