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@article{Gill:2024:1538-3881/ad5840,
author = {Gill, AS and Benton, SJ and Damaren, CJ and Everett, SW and Fraisse, AA and Hartley, JW and Harvey, D and Holder, B and Huff, EM and Jauzac, M and Jones, WC and Lagattuta, D and Leung, JSY and Li, L and Luu, TVT and Massey, R and McCleary, JE and Nagy, JM and Netterfield, CB and Paracha, E and Redmond, SF and Rhodes, JD and Robertson, A and Romualdez, LJ and Schmoll, J and Shaaban, MM and Sirks, EL and Vassilakis, GN and Vitorelli, AZ},
doi = {1538-3881/ad5840},
journal = {Astronomical Journal},
title = {SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad5840},
volume = {168},
year = {2024}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - SuperBIT was a 0.5 m near-UV to near-infrared wide-field telescope that launched on a NASA superpressure balloon into the stratosphere from New Zealand for a 45-night flight. SuperBIT acquired multiband images of galaxy clusters to study the properties of dark matter using weak gravitational lensing. We provide an overview of the instrument and its various subsystems. We then present the instrument performance from the flight, including the telescope and image stabilization system, the optical system, the power system, and the thermal system. SuperBIT successfully met the instrument’s technical requirements, achieving a telescope pointing stability of 0.″34 ± 0.″10, a focal plane image stability of 0.″055 ± 0.″027, and a point-spread function FWHM of ∼0.″35 over 5-minute exposures throughout the 45-night flight. The telescope achieved a near-diffraction-limited point-spread function in all three science bands (u, b, and g). SuperBIT served as a pathfinder to the GigaBIT observatory, which will be a 1.34 m near-UV to near-infrared balloon-borne telescope.
AU - Gill,AS
AU - Benton,SJ
AU - Damaren,CJ
AU - Everett,SW
AU - Fraisse,AA
AU - Hartley,JW
AU - Harvey,D
AU - Holder,B
AU - Huff,EM
AU - Jauzac,M
AU - Jones,WC
AU - Lagattuta,D
AU - Leung,JSY
AU - Li,L
AU - Luu,TVT
AU - Massey,R
AU - McCleary,JE
AU - Nagy,JM
AU - Netterfield,CB
AU - Paracha,E
AU - Redmond,SF
AU - Rhodes,JD
AU - Robertson,A
AU - Romualdez,LJ
AU - Schmoll,J
AU - Shaaban,MM
AU - Sirks,EL
AU - Vassilakis,GN
AU - Vitorelli,AZ
DO - 1538-3881/ad5840
PY - 2024///
SN - 0004-6256
TI - SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere
T2 - Astronomical Journal
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad5840
VL - 168
ER -