Emissivity measurement of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

Douglas W. Toomey; Donald N. B. Hall

doi:10.1117/12.176240

1 June 1994 Emissivity measurement of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

Proceedings Volume 2199, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes V; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176240
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility is a 3 meter infrared optimized telescope available to the astronomical community based on a peer reviewed applications. Efforts underway for two years to reduce the telescope emission in the infrared have reduced the telescope emissivity by more than a factor of two. This paper will report on the present telescope emissivity, the method used to measure the telescope emissivity, and cleaning procedures.

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Douglas W. Toomey and Donald N. B. Hall "Emissivity measurement of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility", Proc. SPIE 2199, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes V, (1 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176240

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