Optical performance of the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR)

James H. Crocker; Holland C. Ford; George F. Hartig; Robert Ian Jedrzejewski

doi:10.1117/12.176803

1 June 1994 Optical performance of the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR)

James H. Crocker, Holland C. Ford, George F. Hartig, Robert Ian Jedrzejewski

Proceedings Volume 2198, Instrumentation in Astronomy VIII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176803
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

This paper presents the initial on-orbit performance of the corrective optics space telescope axial replacement or COSTAR. At this time the FOC and FOS channels are aligned and the data analyzed. The GHRS is aligned and initial results are presented. The installation and checkout of the COSTAR into the HST was flawless. The optical performance should enable the science lost to spherical aberration of the HST's primary mirror to be fully recovered.

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James H. Crocker, Holland C. Ford, George F. Hartig, and Robert Ian Jedrzejewski "Optical performance of the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR)", Proc. SPIE 2198, Instrumentation in Astronomy VIII, (1 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176803

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