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Published September 24, 2012 | Published
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FLITECAM: current status and results from observatory verification flights

Abstract

This paper describes the current status of FLITECAM, the near-infrared (1 - 5 μm) camera and spectrometer for NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Due to a change in schedule FLITECAM's delivery was advanced, allowing it to be co-mounted with the HIPO instrument and used on four flights in October 2011 for observatory verification. Although not part of FLITECAM's commissioning time, some preliminary performance characteristics were determined. Image size as a function of wavelength was measured prior to the installation of active mass dampers on the telescope. Preliminary grism spectroscopy was also obtained. In addition, FLITECAM was used to measure the emissivity of the telescope and warm optics in the co-mounted configuration. New narrow band filters were added to the instrument, including a Paschen alpha filter for line emission. Results are illustrated.

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© 2012 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The authors wish to acknowledge the hard work of the entire FLITECAM project team, past and present, including Ted Aliado, George Brims, John Canfield, Don Figer, John Goulter, Jochen Horn, Evan Kress, Ken Magnone, Nick Magnone, Amy Mainzer, Andrew Oldag, Mike Spencer, Gunnar Skulason and Tatyana Silvers. We are also grateful to Bill Vacca and Jeonghee Rho, and all the SOFIA staff, for support in-flight and with data analysis. FLITECAM is primarily funded by a grant from USRA.

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