BRDF history of a relay mirror used in the High-Speed Photometer on the Hubble Space Telescope

Timothy D. Wise; John C. Fleming; Quentin Dierks

doi:10.1117/12.258338

11 November 1996 BRDF history of a relay mirror used in the High-Speed Photometer on the Hubble Space Telescope

Timothy D. Wise, John C. Fleming, Quentin Dierks

Proceedings Volume 2864, Optical System Contamination V, and Stray Light and System Optimization; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258338
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

As part of a study being performed for the U.S.A.F. Phillips Laboratory, Ball Aerospace has extensively tested a relay mirror that flew on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as part of the University of Wisconsin's high speed photometer (HSP). In this paper, a review of the history of the HSP mirror is presented, including: (1) pre-flight and post- flight optical testing, (2) bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) performance before and after the post-flight removal of contaminants, and (3) chemical fingerprints of the contaminants. The BRDF data from the HST/HSP relay mirror are summarized in this paper and are also made available on DOS diskette.

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Timothy D. Wise, John C. Fleming, and Quentin Dierks "BRDF history of a relay mirror used in the High-Speed Photometer on the Hubble Space Telescope", Proc. SPIE 2864, Optical System Contamination V, and Stray Light and System Optimization, (11 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258338

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