High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph

Status

Operated By
PI

Provides spectral (and imaging) information at a rate of 1000 frames per second for detection of ablation anomalies, flicker in bowshock emissions, spacecraft rotation, and wake.

The instrument consists of a digital intensified CCD camera capable of 1000 frames per second, equipped with a 600 l/mm objective transmission grating.

Instrument Type
Camera,
Spectrometer (in situ)
Measurements
Imagery
Aircraft
DC-8 - AFRC
Point(s) of Contact
Geoff McHarg
(POC; PI)

 

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