Dr. Nicole D. Melso Profile

Dr. Nicole D. Melso

at The University of Arizona

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Publications (19)

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The line imaging orbiter for nanosatellite-enabled spectrographic surveys (LIONESS)

Matthew Werneken, David Schiminovich, Ines Khouider, David McIntosh, Bruno Rergis, Nicholas de la Cruz, Michael Kolber, Manuella Kwawu, Kathryn Lampo, Wesley Maa, Naya Nwokorie, Robert Pendergrast, Yiyang Peng, Aaroosh Ramadorai, Atri Ray, Nidhi Shah, Ruimian Zheng, Meghna Sitaram, Nicole Melso, Ioannis Kymissis, Michael Massimino

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309208 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019173

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Design, Equipment, Telescopes, Microlens array, Sensors, Microlens, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

The Faint Intergalactic-medium Redshifted Emission Balloon (FIREBall-2)

Drew Miles, Vincent Picouet, Chris Martin, Erika Hamden, Keri Hoadley, Bruno Milliard, Shouleh Nikzad, David Schiminovich, David Valls-Gabaud, Simran Agarwal, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Harrison Bradley, Nicolas Bray, Ignacio Cevallos, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Haeun Chung, Marty Crabill, Fernando Cruz Aguirre, Greyson Davis, Xihan Deng, Fabien Harmand, Catherine Hourtolle, Olivia Jones, Nazende Kerkeser, Aafaque Khan, Gillian Kyne, Jessica Li, Zeren Lin, Nicole Melso, Johan Montel, Julie Richard, Meghna Sitaram, Jared Termini, Jean-Noel Valdivia, Didier Vibert, Matthew Werneken

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309303 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018474

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Contamination control for the Aspera FUV SmallSat

Nicole Melso, Aafaque Khan, Hannah Tanquary, Elijah Garcia, Daniel Truong, Naomi Yescas, Sooseong Park, Sumedha Uppnor, Carlos Vargas, Haeun Chung, Tom Mcmahon, Keri Hoadley, Erika Hamden, Jason Corliss, Bill Verts, Simran Agarwal, Ramona Augustin, Peter Behroozi, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel, Joe Burchett, Jasmine Martinez Castillo, Jacob Chambers, Heejoo Choi, Lauren Corlies, Fernando Coronado, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Dave Hamara, Walt Harris, Carl Hergenrother, J. Christopher Howk, Miriam Keppler, Nazende ipek Kerkeser, John Kidd, DaeWook Kim, Jessica Li, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Ryan Pecha, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Rebecca Su, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017698

KEYWORDS: Contamination, Vacuum chambers, Contamination control, Humidity, Vacuum, Far ultraviolet

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Ultraviolet reflective grating performance verification test setup and simulations for the Aspera SmallSat mission

Jessica Li, Rebecca Su, Sumedha Uppnor, Haeun Chung, Jason Corliss, Simran Agarwal, Aafaque Khan, Elijah Garcia, Naomi Yescas, Daniel Truong, Carlos Vargas, Erika Hamden, Ramona Augustin, Peter Behroozi, Joe Burchett, Heejoo Choi, Lauren Corlies, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Carl Hergenrother, Keri Hoadley, J. Christopher Howk, Miriam Keppler, Daewook Kim, Nicole Melso, David Schiminovich, Fernando Coronado, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Dave Hamara, Walter Harris, Karl Harshman, John Kidd, Tom McMahon, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Ryan Pecha, Cork Sauve, Sanford Selznick, Hannah Tanquary, Bill Verts, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017215

KEYWORDS: Optical gratings, Vacuum, Mirrors, Optical alignment, Diffraction gratings, Simulations, Optical fabrication, Microchannel plates, Vacuum chambers, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Optical alignment of contamination-sensitive far-ultraviolet spectrographs for Aspera SmallSat mission

Aafaque Khan, Erika Hamden, Haeun Chung, Heejoo Choi, Daewook Kim, Nicole Melso, Keri Hoadley, Carlos Vargas, Daniel Truong, Elijah Garcia, Bill Verts, Fernando Coronado, Jamison Noenickx, Jason Corliss, Hannah Tanquary, Tom McMahon, Dave Hamara, Simran Agarwal, Ramona Augustin, Peter Behroozi, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel, Joe Burchett, Jasmine Martinez Castillo, Jacob Chambers, Lauren Corlies, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Walter Harris, Carl Hergenrother, J. Christopher Howk, Miriam Keppler, Nazende Ipek Kerkeser, John Kidd, Jessica Li, Gabe Noriega, Sooseong Park, Ryan Pecha, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznic, Oswald Siegmund, Rebecca Su, Sumedha Uppnor, Jacob Vider, Ellie Wolcott, Naomi Yescas, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130930A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020822

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet astronomy, 3D metrology, Far ultraviolet, Optical alignment, Computer generated holography, Tolerancing, Prototyping, Microchannel plates, Vacuum, Contamination, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Realignment and performance verification of two-mirror focal corrector optics for FIREBall-2 using computer generated hologram (CGH)

Simran Agarwal, Aafaque Khan, Harrison Bradley, Haeun Chung, Ipek Nazende Kerkeser, Olivia Jones, Erika Hamden, David Schiminovich, Bruno Milliard, Vincent Picouet, Drew Miles, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Zeren Lin, Jessica Li, Nicole Melso, Christopher Martin, Keri Hoadley, Gillian Kyne, Shouleh Nikzad, David Valls-Gabaud

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932V (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020834

KEYWORDS: Computer generated holography, Optical alignment, Optical surfaces, Spectrographs, Tolerancing, Interferometers, Telescopes, Mirrors, Balloons, Aspheric lenses

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Aspera payload design overview: UV SmallSat mission to detect and map warm-hot halo gas around the nearby galaxies

Haeun Chung, Carlos Vargas, Erika Hamden, Tom McMahon, Hannah Tanquary, Aafaque Khan, Fernando Coronado, Bill Verts, Nicole Melso, Heejoo Choi, Simran Agarwal, Jason Corliss, Keri Hoadley, Miriam Keppler, Dave Hamara, Elijah Garcia, Daniel Truong, Naomi Yescas, Ramona Augustin, Mateo Batkis, Peter Behroozi, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel, Joseph Burchett, Jasmine Martinez Castillo, Jacob Chambers, Lauren Corlies, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Walter Harris, John Hennessy, Carl Hergenrother, J. Christopher Howk, Nazende Ipek Kerkeser, John Kidd, Daewook Kim, Jessica Li, Adrian Martin, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Sooseong Park, Ryan Pecha, Manuel Quijada, L. Rodriguez de Marcos, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Rebecca Su, Sumedha Uppnor, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309302 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017274

KEYWORDS: Optical gratings, Microchannel plates, Spectrographs, Optical coatings, Optical alignment, Spectral resolution

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SPIE Journal Paper | 5 August 2024 Open Access

Open Access

FIREBall-2 UV balloon telescope in-flight calibration system

Jessica Li, Nazende Kerkeser, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Olivia Jones, Erika Hamden, Trenton Brendel, Haeun Chung, Vincent Picouet, David Schiminovich, Drew Miles, Keri Hoadley, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Meghna Sitaram, Zeren Lin, Harrison Bradley, D. Martin, Marty Crabill, Fernando Cruz Aguirre, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Nicolas Bray, Greyson Davis, Xihan Deng, Fabien Harmand, Catherine Hourtolle, Gillian Kyne, Nicole Melso, Johan Montel, Shouleh Nikzad, Alain Peus, Julie Richard, Jared Termini, Jean-Noel Valdivia, David Valls-Gabaud, Didier Vibert, Matthew Werneken

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 03, 035002, (August 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.3.035002

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lamps, Camera shutters, Spectrographs, Zinc, Ultraviolet radiation, Balloons, Telescopes, Ultraviolet telescopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Development of a data reduction pipeline for the Aspera SmallSat mission

Miriam Keppler, Haeun Chung, Aafaque Khan, Carl Hergenrother, Carlos Vargas, Jacob Chambers, Jacob Vider, Sanford Selznick, Giulia Ghidoli, Hannah Tanquary, Erika Hamden, J. Christopher Howk, Simran Agarwal, Ramona Augustin, Peter Behroozi, Joe Burchett, Heejoo Choi, Lauren Corlies, Jason Corliss, Fernando Coronado, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Elijah Garcia, Alfred Goodwin, Dave Hamara, Walt Harris, Keri Hoadley, John Kidd, Daewook Kim, Jessica Li, Tom McMahon, Nicole Melso, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Ryan Pecha, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Siegmund Oswald, Daniel Truong, Sumedha Uppnor, Bill Verts, Ellie Wollcott, Naomi Yescas, Dennis Zaritsky, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131011Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017883

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Microchannel plates, Device simulation, Space operations, Image processing, Data processing, Extragalactic astronomy, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2024 Presentation

Presentation

Designs and novel architectures for Narrowband Integral Field Spectrographs (NB-IFS) for astrophysics

David Schiminovich, Nicole Melso, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Meghna Sitaram

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309621 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018509

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Stacks, maps, and all that CHaS: refined image processing methods to map the nearby universe with the Circumgalactic H-alpha Spectrograph

Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, David Schiminovich, Meghna Sitaram, Nicole Melso, Barbara Cruvinel Santiago, Nazende Kerkeser, Gianni Popko, Mia Yiannias

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309643 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019501

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Microlens array, Fourier transforms, Galactic astronomy, Image processing, Bandpass filters, Microlens, Observatories, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Blue notes of CHaS: an OIII/H-beta channel for the Circumgalactic H-alpha Spectrograph + other instrument upgrades

Meghna Sitaram, David Schiminovich, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Nicole Melso, Bárbara Cruvinel Santiago, Brian Smiley, Skylar Bogdanowitsch, Nazende ipek Kerkeser, Madison Li, Gianni Popko, Mia Yiannias

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309642 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019359

KEYWORDS: Tunable filters, Galactic astronomy, Optical gratings, Optical filters, Bandpass filters, Lens arrays, Spectrographs, Ionization

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2023 Presentation

Presentation

Payload design and development of Aspera: the UV SmallSat mission for mapping warm-hot phase gas in nearby galaxy halos

Haeun Chung, Carlos Vargas, Erika Hamden, Thomas McMahon, Hannah Tanquary, Peter Behroozi, Ewan Douglas, Miriam Keppler, Nicole Melso, Simran Agarwal, Aafaque Khan, Jessica Li, Sumedha Uppnor, Jacob Chambers, Giulia Ghidoli, Gabe Noriega, Ryan Pecha, Ellie Wolcott, Fernando Coronado, Elijah Garcia, Daniel Truong, Naomi Yescas, Heejoo Choi, Tom Connors, Jason Corliss, Dave Hamara, Walter Harris, Karl Harshman, Daewook Kim, Corwynn Sauve, Bill Verts, Michael Ward, Dennis Zaritsky, Carl Hergenrother, John Kidd, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Simon Grocott, David Schiminovich, Keri Hoadley

Proceedings Volume 12678, 126780C (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677212

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Design and modelling, Ultraviolet radiation, Spectrographs, Optical alignment, Computer generated holography, Ultraviolet telescopes, Ultraviolet detectors, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2023 Presentation

Presentation

FIREBall-2 UV balloon telescope in-flight calibration system

Jessica Li, Nazende Kerkeser, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Erika Hamden, David Schiminovich, Haeun Chung, Vincent Picouet, Drew Miles, Keri Hoadley, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Harrison Bradley, Olivia Jones, D. Christopher Martin, Marty Crabill, Trenton Brendel, Shouleh Nikzad, Nicolas Bray, Johan Montel, Gillian Kyne, Zeren Lin, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Alain Peus, Didier Vibert, Nicole Melso, David Valls-Gabaud

Proceedings Volume 12678, 1267804 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676583

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Ultraviolet telescopes, Ultraviolet radiation, Telescopes, Balloons, Zinc, Spectrographs, Emission wavelengths, Camera shutters, Sensors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 25 November 2022 Open Access

Open Access

Balloon-borne FIREBall-2 ultraviolet spectrograph stray light control based on nonsequential reverse modeling of on-sky data

Trenton Brendel, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Heejoo Choi, Daewook Kim, Erika Hamden, Vincent Picouet, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, David Schiminovich, Shouleh Nikzad, Jean Evrard, Nicolas Bray, Johan Montel, Keri Hoadley, Drew Miles, Gillian Kyne, Jessica Li, Zeren Lin, Haeun Chung, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Marty Crabill, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Alain Peus, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Olivia Jones, Harrison Bradley, Naz Ipek Kerkeser, Matthew Werneken, Didier Vibert, Nicole Melso, David Valls-Gabaud

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 04, 048001, (November 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.4.048001

KEYWORDS: Baffles, Stray light, Sensors, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Balloons, Ultraviolet radiation, Stray light control, Tongue, Light scattering

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

FIREBall-2(022): challenges, progress, and the road ahead to flight

Keri Hoadley, Chris Martin, Erika Hamden, David Schiminovich, Shouleh Nikzad, Jean Evrard, Bruno Milliard, David Valls-Gabaud, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Haeun Chung, Jessica Li, Trenton Brendel, Carlos Vargas, Nicole Melso, Zeren Lin, Marty Crabill, Drew Miles, Gillian Kyne, Vincent Picouet, Ignacio Cevallos, Barbara Santiago, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Didier Vibert, Nicolas Bray, Catherine Hourtolle, Frédéri Mirc, Johan Montel, Jared Termini

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218109 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629052

KEYWORDS: Roads, Galactic astronomy, Ultraviolet radiation, Space operations, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Ultraviolet telescopes, Ultraviolet detectors, Spectrographs, Space telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation

Presentation

Design and commissioning of the Circumgalactic H-alpha Spectrograph

Nicole Melso, David Schiminovich, Brian Smiley, Hwei Ru Ong, Barbara Cruvinel Santiago, Meghna Sitaram

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114470B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561674

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Optical design, Spectral resolution, Optical filters, Observatories, Spectroscopy, Combined lens-mirror systems

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 November 2020

End-to-end ground calibration and in-flight performance of the FIREBall-2 instrument

Vincent Picouet, Bruno Milliard, Gillian Kyne, Didier Vibert, David Schiminovich, Christopher Martin, Erika Hamden, Keri Hoadley, Johan Montel, Nicole Melso, Donal O'Sullivan, Jean Evrard, Etienne Pérot, Robert Grange, Shouleh Nikzad, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Frédéri Mirc, Nicolas Bray, April Jewell, Samuel Quiret

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 04, 044004, (November 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.044004

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Spectrographs, Ultraviolet radiation, Chromium, Galactic astronomy, Signal to noise ratio, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Stars, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2019 Paper

Paper

FIREBall-2: advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform

Erika Hamden, Keri Hoadley, D. Christopher Martin, David Schiminovich, Bruno Milliard, Shouleh Nikzad, Ramona Augustin, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Nicolas Bray, Marty Crabill, Jean Evrard, Albert Gomes, Robert Grange, Julia Gross, April Jewell, Gillian Kyne, Michele Limon, Nicole Lingner, Mateusz Matuszewski, Nicole Melso, Frédéri Mirc, Johan Montel, Hwei Ru Ong, Donal O'Sullivan, Sandrine Pascal, Etienne Perot, Vincent Picouet, Muriel Saccoccio, Brian Smiley, Xavier Soors, Pierre Tapie, Didier Vibert, Isabelle Zenone, Jose Zorrilla

Proceedings Volume 10982, 1098220 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518711

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Astrophysics, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Quantum efficiency, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Microchannel plates, Ultraviolet detectors

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