Institution: | * Central Laboratory for Space Research, Observatory Stara Zagora, 6000, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria ** University of Besançon, 25000, Besançon, France *** Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, 31055, Toulouse, France † Service d'Aeronomie CNRS, 91370, Verrières le Buisson, France ‡ Space Research Institute, Profsoyuznaya 84/32, 117810, Moscow GSP-7, USSR |
Abstract: | A spectrometer for the Halley's Comet Investigation after the VEGA Project is described in the present work. It consists of a telescope and three spectral channels: UV (120 – 290 nm), resolution Δ λ / λ = 170; VIS (280 – 710 nm), resolution Δ λ / λ = 170; IR (950 – 1900 nm), resolution Δ λ / λ = 70. With the help of two-coordinate scanner, the secondary mirror of the telescope allows spatial scanning of the Comet with a frame 2°×1,5° with 105 different pixels. |