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| Title: |
NGST Observatory Architecture and Performance |
| Author(s): |
J. Nella, P. Atcheson, C. Atkinson, D. Au, M. Blair, A. Bronowicki, D. Fitzgerald, J. Heidenga, P. Lightsey, T. Kelly, G. Matthews, J. Pohner, P. Reynolds, D. Shuckstes, S. Texter, D. Waldie, R. Whitley |
| Released: |
November 07, 2002 |
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1833 kb pdf |
| Permissions: |
Public Access
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| Description: |
This paper presents the architecture of the NGST Observatory, and describes its performance and design features. |
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| Abstract: |
NGST will be used to help understand the shape and chemical composition of the universe, and the evolution of galaxies, stars and planets. With its 7 meter primary mirror the Observatory will observe red shifted light from the early history of the universe, and will be capable of seeing objects 400 times fainter than seen from large ground-based telescopes or the current generation of space-based infrared telescopes. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) manages NGST with contributions from a number of academic, government, and industrial partners. The contract to build the space based observatory for NGST has been awarded to the TRW/Ball/Kodak team. |
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