Mr. Thomas A. Bida Profile

Thomas A. Bida

Sr Instrument Scientist at Lowell Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

The Peggy and Eric Johnson 1-meter telescope at Lowell Observatory: converting a historic observatory into a modern research facility

Ben Hardesty, Tom Bida, Michael Collins, Frank Cornelius, Ryan Hamilton, Kyler Kuehn, Stephen Levine

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130943X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019258

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Equipment, Tunable filters, Observatories, Optical filters, Bridges, Design, Interfaces, Vibration, Domes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Paper

Status of the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) and assessment of the image quality at the focal plane

S. Levine, T. Ellsworth-Bowers, T. Bida, R. Hamilton, K. Kuehn

Proceedings Volume 12182, 1218227 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629797

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Image quality, Optical instrument design, Spectrographs, Observatories, Mirrors, Astronomical telescopes, Stars, Astronomy, Quality systems

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

NIHTS: the near-infrared high throughput spectrograph for the Discovery Channel Telescope

Edward Dunham, Thomas Bida, Tomas Chylek, Frank Cornelius, Annika Gustafsson, Nicholas Moskovitz, Henry Roe

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107023E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313948

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Spectrographs, Prisms, Telescopes, Optical benches, Coating, Electronics, Reflection

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Status and performance of Lowell Observatory's Discovery Channel telescope and its growing suite of instruments

Stephen Levine, William DeGroff, Thomas Bida, Edward Dunham, George Jacoby

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107004P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312380

KEYWORDS: Coating, Mirrors, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Reflectivity, Imaging systems, Near infrared spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Status and performance of the Discovery Channel Telescope from commissioning into early science operations

William DeGroff, Stephen Levine, Thomas Bida, Frank Cornelius, Peter Collins, Edward Dunham, Ben Hardesty, Michael Lacasse, Mike Sweaton, Alex Venetiou, Saeid Zoonemat Kermani, Philip Massey, M. Lisa Foley, Heidi Larson, Jason Sanborn, Susan Strosahl, Ron Winner, Teznie Pugh

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91452C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057015

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Reflectivity, Stars, Near infrared, Imaging systems, Observatories, Spectrographs, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2014 Paper

First-generation instrumentation for the Discovery Channel Telescope

Thomas Bida, Edward Dunham, Philip Massey, Henry Roe

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91472N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056872

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Telescopes, Cameras, Imaging systems, Sensors, Silica, Optical fabrication, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

HIPO in-flight performance improvements

E. Dunham, T. Bida, P. Collins, Georgi Mandushev, S. Zoonematkermani, J. Van Cleve, D. Angerhausen, Avi Mandell

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057405

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Ozone, Stars, Photometry, Point spread functions, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Mirrors, Beam splitters, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

SOFIA observatory performance and characterization

Pasquale Temi, Pamela Marcum, Walter Miller, Edward Dunham, Ian McLean, Jurgen Wolf, Eric Becklin, Thomas Bida, Rick Brewster, Sean Casey, Peter Collins, Scott Horner, Holger Jakob, Stephen Jensen, Jana Killebrew, Ulrich Lampater, Georgi Mandushev, Allen Meyer, Enrico Pfueller, Andreas Reinacher, Jeonghee Rho, Thomas Roellig, Maureen Savage, Erin Smith, Stefan Teufel, Manuel Wiedemann

Proceedings Volume 8444, 844414 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925736

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Stars, Mirrors, Cameras, Image quality, Calibration, Infrared telescopes, Imaging systems, Pluto

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

HIPO in-flight performance aboard SOFIA

Edward Dunham, Thomas Bida, Peter Collins, Georgi Mandushev, Ian McLean, Michael Person, Erin Smith, Brian Taylor, Saeid Zoonematkermani

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844618 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926749

KEYWORDS: Photometry, Telescopes, Mirrors, Stars, Scintillation, Signal to noise ratio, Observatories, Global Positioning System, Pluto, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Discovery Channel Telescope active optics system early integration and test

Alexander Venetiou, Thomas Bida

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84441E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925439

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Mirrors, Control systems, Assembly equipment, Active optics, Image quality, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Design, development, and testing of the DCT Cassegrain instrument support assembly

Thomas Bida, Edward Dunham, Ralph Nye, Tomas Chylek, Richard Oliver

Proceedings Volume 8444, 844451 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926320

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Cameras, Stars, Assembly equipment, Mirrors, CCD cameras, Wavefronts, Monochromatic aberrations, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Status and performance of the Discovery Channel Telescope during commissioning

Stephen Levine, Thomas Bida, Tomas Chylek, Peter Collins, William DeGroff, Edward Dunham, Paul Lotz, Alexander Venetiou, Saeid Zoonemat Kermani

Proceedings Volume 8444, 844419 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926415

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Image quality, Control systems, Space telescopes, Data modeling, Observatories, Wavefront sensors, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

HIPO data products

E. Dunham, J. Elliot, T. Bida, P. Collins, B. Taylor, S. Zoonematkermani

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70144Z (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788040

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Digital signal processing, Telescopes, Camera shutters, Image storage, Clocks, Mirrors, Stars, Wavefront sensors, Global Positioning System

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Discovery Channel Telescope: progress and status

B. Smith, T. Bida, R. Millis, E. Dunham, O. Wiecha, H. Marshall

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626705 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672500

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Buildings, Optical instrument design, Cameras, Control systems, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

HIPO: a high-speed imaging photometer for occultations

Edward Dunham, James Elliot, Thomas Bida, Brian Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552152

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Photometry, Sensors, Image quality, Electronics, Beam splitters, Camera shutters, Stars, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

Site testing for the Discovery Channel Telescope

Thomas Bida, Edward Dunham, Leonard Bright, Charles Corson

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552277

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Image quality, Cameras, Observatories, Imaging systems, Astronomy, Motion measurement, Turbulence, Wind measurement

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