2019/03/01 by Joice Mathew, B. G. Nair, Margarita Safonova +15 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atmospheric Ozone and Climate #Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates #Planetary Science and Exploration #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10509-019-3538-8
Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science. Added new references and corrected typo, in the updated version
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The Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI) is a near-ultraviolet (NUV) telescope with all-spherical mirrors, designed and built to fly as a scientific payload on a lunar mission with Team Indus - the original Indian entry to the Google Lunar X-Prize. Observations from the Moon provide a unique opportunity of a stable platform with an unobstructed view of the space at all wavelengths due to the absence of atmosphere and ionosphere. LUCI is an 80 mm aperture telescope, with a field of view of 27.6'x 20.4' and a spatial resolution of 5'', will scan the sky in the NUV (200-320 nm) domain to look for transient sources. We describe here the assembly, alignment, and calibration of the complete instrument. LUCI is now in storage in a class 1000 clean room and will be delivered to our flight partner in readiness for flight.