Orbital measurement and verification of the Chandra X-ray Observatory's PSF | Zendy

D. Jerius | Zendy; Rich Donnelly | Zendy; Michael S. Tibbetts | Zendy; R. J. Edgar | Zendy; T. J. Gaetz | Zendy; D. A. Schwartz | Zendy; Leon P. Van Speybroeck | Zendy; Ping Zhao | Zendy

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Author(s) -

D. Jerius,

Rich Donnelly,

Michael S. Tibbetts,

R. J. Edgar,

T. J. Gaetz,

D. A. Schwartz,

Leon P. Van Speybroeck,

Ping Zhao

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.391555

Subject(s) - physics , observatory , telescope , calibration , orbital mechanics , point spread function , optics , spectral energy distribution , astronomy , point source , remote sensing , orbit (dynamics) , astrophysics , satellite , spectral line , aerospace engineering , geography , engineering , quantum mechanics

We present here results of the on-orbit calibration of the point spread function (PSF), comparing it with our predictions. We discuss how the PSF varies with source location in the telescope field of view, as well as with the spectral energy distribution of the source.

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