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EAS Publications Series
Volume 45, 2010
GAIA: At the Frontiers of Astrometry
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| Page(s) | 397 - 400 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1045068 | |
| Published online | 15 February 2011 | |
C. Turon, F. Meynadier and F. Arenou (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 45 (2010) 397-400
Performance Evaluation of Nano-JASMINE
1 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
2 Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo
3 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of
Tokyo
4 Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Department of Physics, Kyoto
University
We report the results of performance evaluation of the first Japanese astrometry satellite, Nano-JASMINE. It is a very small satellite and weighs only 35 kg. It aims to carry out astrometry measurement of nearby bright stars (z ≤ 7.5 mag) with an accuracy of 3 milli-arcseconds. Nano-JASMINE will be launched by Cyclone-4 rocket in August 2011 from Brazil. The current status is in the process of evaluating the performances. A series of performance tests and numerical analysis were conducted. As a result, the engineering model (EM) of the telescope was measured to be achieving a diffraction-limited performance and confirmed that it has enough performance for scientific astrometry.
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