SIRTF stray light analysis

David G. Elliott; Ann St. Clair Dinger

doi:10.1117/12.48715

1 December 1991 SIRTF stray light analysis

David G. Elliott, Ann St. Clair Dinger

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Proceedings Volume 1540, Infrared Technology XVII; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48715
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is a 1-meter cryogenic infrared telescope. Stray light is kept below the natural background by restrictions on sun, Earth, and moon off-axis angles; by conservative baffle design; by the use of advanced diffuse black coatings; and by superfluid helium cooling. The aperture stop is located at the primary mirror rather than at the secondary mirror to increase the aperture and reduce the central obscuration. Stray light from off-axis sources is greater with the aperture stop at the primary than with the aperture stop at the secondary, but the modulation of the signal produced by tilting of the secondary mirror for chopping is less. Stray light from telescope thermal emission is lower with the aperture stop at the primary.

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David G. Elliott and Ann St. Clair Dinger "SIRTF stray light analysis", Proc. SPIE 1540, Infrared Technology XVII, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48715

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