Performance of the FOS detectors in a variable external magnetic field

William A. Baity; Edward A. Beaver; Ross D. Cohen; Vesa T. Junkkarinen; Ron W. Lyons; John E. Fitch; George F. Hartig; Don J. Lindler

doi:10.1117/12.158764

1 November 1993 Performance of the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) detectors in a variable external magnetic field

William A. Baity, Edward A. Beaver, Ross D. Cohen, Vesa T. Junkkarinen, Ron W. Lyons, John E. Fitch, George F. Hartig, Don J. Lindler

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Proceedings Volume 1945, Space Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments II; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158764
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We present the results of an investigation of the in-orbit performance of the Digicon detectors in the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS), conducted as part of the commissioning phase of the Hubble Space Telescope. This paper includes orbital results on detector background noise, sensor image stability, and photometric stability along with several typical FOS observations. This information should be of general interest to designers of future spacecraft detectors and to astronomers observing with the FOS instrument.

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William A. Baity, Edward A. Beaver, Ross D. Cohen, Vesa T. Junkkarinen, Ron W. Lyons, John E. Fitch, George F. Hartig, and Don J. Lindler "Performance of the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) detectors in a variable external magnetic field", Proc. SPIE 1945, Space Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments II, (1 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158764

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