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Parker Solar Probe, PSP, Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe, WISPR, Suite, Outer Telescope, OT, Instrument

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spase://SMWG/Instrument/ParkerSolarProbe/WISPR/OT

Description

The Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe consists of two telescopes, designated the Outer Telescope and the Inner Telescope, mounted on the the side of the spacecraft behind the sunshield. The telescopes look in the direction of spacecraft travel off to the side of the Sun from behind the sunshield. The Inner Telescope views an area from 58.5° from the center of the Sun to 98.5°. The Outer Telescope views from 98.5° to 156.5° offset from the Sun center. The telescopes focus onto two imagers that use radiation-hardened 2000 by 2000 Active Pixel Sensor CMOS detectors. The telescope lenses are made of low dispersion and radiation hard borosilicate Schott BK7 glass. A combination of baffle systems is used to mitigate stray light coming into the instruments. The image cadence can be up to one per second.

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spase://SMWG/Instrument/ParkerSolarProbe/WISPR/OT
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ResourceName
Parker Solar Probe, PSP, Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe, WISPR, Suite, Outer Telescope, OT, Instrument
AlternateName
Solar Probe Plus, SPP, Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe, WISPR, Suite, Outer Telescope, OT, Instrument
ReleaseDate
2020-03-16 12:34:56.789Z
Description

The Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe consists of two telescopes, designated the Outer Telescope and the Inner Telescope, mounted on the the side of the spacecraft behind the sunshield. The telescopes look in the direction of spacecraft travel off to the side of the Sun from behind the sunshield. The Inner Telescope views an area from 58.5° from the center of the Sun to 98.5°. The Outer Telescope views from 98.5° to 156.5° offset from the Sun center. The telescopes focus onto two imagers that use radiation-hardened 2000 by 2000 Active Pixel Sensor CMOS detectors. The telescope lenses are made of low dispersion and radiation hard borosilicate Schott BK7 glass. A combination of baffle systems is used to mitigate stray light coming into the instruments. The image cadence can be up to one per second.

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge NASA, Russell A. Howard, the PSP WISPR Instrument Suite Principal Investigator, and Nicola J. Fox, the PSP Project Scientist.
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://SMWG/Person/Nicola.J.Fox
2.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Russell.A.Howard
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
Parker Solar Probe WISPR Suite NSSDCA Master Catalog Listing
URL
Description

NSSDC Master Catalog Listing for the Parker Solar Probe Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe, WISPR, Suite, NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2018-065A-03

InstrumentType
Coronograph
InstrumentType
Imager
InvestigationName
Parker Solar Probe Mission
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2018-08-12 07:31:00.000Z
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