The Australian Space Eye: studying the history of galaxy formation with a CubeSat
Anthony Horton, Lee Spitler, Naomi Mathers, Michael Petkovic, Douglas, Griffin, Simon Barraclough, Craig Benson, Igor Dimitrijevic, Andrew Lambert,, Anthony Previte, John Bowen, Solomon Westerman, Jordi Puig-Suari, Sam, Reisenfeld, Jon Lawrence, Ross Zhelem, Matthew Colless
TL;DR
The Australian Space Eye is a CubeSat-based telescope designed to study galaxy formation history by measuring the extragalactic background light and low surface brightness emissions, demonstrating advanced nanosatellite observation technologies.
Contribution
This work introduces a novel small satellite telescope platform for high-precision extragalactic observations and technology demonstration in space astronomy.
Findings
Design of a 6U CubeSat telescope with 90 mm aperture
Potential for high-accuracy measurements of background light
Demonstration of nanosatellite astronomical observation technologies
Abstract
The Australian Space Eye is a proposed astronomical telescope based on a 6U CubeSat platform. The Space Eye will exploit the low level of systematic errors achievable with a small space based telescope to enable high accuracy measurements of the optical extragalactic background light and low surface brightness emission around nearby galaxies. This project is also a demonstrator for several technologies with general applicability to astronomical observations from nanosatellites. Space Eye is based around a 90 mm aperture clear aperture all refractive telescope for broadband wide field imaging in the i and z bands.
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Taxonomy
TopicsSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Astro and Planetary Science · Planetary Science and Exploration