Abstract
To fulfill the National Aeronautic and Space Administration's some of the goals of the Origins program, we present the candidate Middle Class Explorer, ORION. ORION will image all the nearby star forming regions at high resolution at several astrophysically relevant emission lines. By imaging the nearby star forming regions ORION will answer profound questions about the origin of stars like the Sun, and therefore the planets that may contain life elsewhere in the universe. To compete with existing instruments, both in space and on the ground, we make use of new technologies and our ability to optimize the design for a single purpose.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1581-1586 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 5487 |
| Issue number | PART 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telecopes - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 21 2004 → Jun 25 2004 |
Keywords
- 350.1260 Astronomical optics
- 350.1270 Astronomy and astrophysics
- 350.6090 Space optics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering