Dr
Elena Pancino
(INAF - Bologna Observatory)
17/04/2012, 09:00
Paper
I will describe the ESA's Gaia astrometric mission and its scientific potential, briefly reporting on the science performances. Then I will focus on the flux calibration model and on the ongoing ground-based campaign started to build the Gaia spectrophotometric standard stars grid, which requires approximately 200 stars, calibrated to a few percent with respect to Vega, and covering different...
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Calibration of the Far-infrared and Sub-millimetre Instruments of the Herschel Space Observatory
Dr
Anthony Marston
(ESA)
17/04/2012, 10:00
Large Surveys and Missions (Sub-mm and Radio)
The Herschel Space Observatory has the largest aperture of any space telescope, with a primary mirror of 3.5 metres in diameter. The telescope is radiatively cooled to below 90K, allowing it to be used for far-infrared and sub-millmetre observation. It has three cryogenically cooled focal plane instruments that cover the wavelength range of 55 to 670 microns. These allow broad-band photometry...