Feasibility study of a camera for the UV Italian Sky Surveyor (UVISS) on the International Space Station

Salvatore Scuderi; Giovanni Bonanno; Santo Catalano; Alessandro C. Lanzafame; Oberto Citterio; Paolo Conconi; Giovanni Pareschi; Michela C. Uslenghi; Roberto Stalio

doi:10.1117/12.410525

18 December 2000 Feasibility study of a camera for the UV Italian Sky Surveyor (UVISS) on the International Space Station

Salvatore Scuderi, Giovanni Bonanno, Santo Catalano, Alessandro C. Lanzafame, Oberto Citterio, Paolo Conconi, Giovanni Pareschi, Michela C. Uslenghi, Roberto Stalio

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Proceedings Volume 4139, Instrumentation for UV/EUV Astronomy and Solar Missions; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410525
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We present a feasibility study of a wide field UV imaging camera for the UV Italian Sky Surveyor (UVISS) under study by the Italian Space Agency as possible payload externally attached on an Express Pallet to the International Space Station. The camera will operate in the range 950 - 2700 angstrom, it will have a 1 square degree field of view with an expected angular resolution of about 3' at best. Two layouts are considered: the first is a camera based on the use of transmittance filters to select the bandpass of interest while the second one is based on the use of multilayers mirrors to define the bandpasses of the filters. In both options the detectors used will be intensified CCDs with an appropriate choice of photocathodes. Finally, we present some simulations to evaluate the performances of the camera.

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Salvatore Scuderi, Giovanni Bonanno, Santo Catalano, Alessandro C. Lanzafame, Oberto Citterio, Paolo Conconi, Giovanni Pareschi, Michela C. Uslenghi, and Roberto Stalio "Feasibility study of a camera for the UV Italian Sky Surveyor (UVISS) on the International Space Station", Proc. SPIE 4139, Instrumentation for UV/EUV Astronomy and Solar Missions, (18 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410525

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