Mr. Patrick G. Waddell Profile

Patrick G. Waddell

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Telescope stray light: early experience with SOFIA

Patrick Waddell, Eric Becklin, Ryan Hamilton, William Vacca, Michael Lachenmann

Proceedings Volume 9973, 99730O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237519

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Telescopes, Optical coatings, Infrared radiation, Mirrors, Reflectivity, Space telescopes, Neodymium, Infrared telescopes, System on a chip

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Science ground operations for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

Z. Ali, P. Alvarez, D. Black, G. Ediss, S. Granen, K. Hanna, M. Kandlagunta, C. Koerber, J. Lott, G. Perryman, E. Sandberg, L. Tanaka, P. Waddell, C. Kaminski, W. Latter

Proceedings Volume 9973, 99730M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237058

KEYWORDS: Infrared telescopes, Observatories, Telescopes, Infrared astronomy, Device simulation, Mirrors, Coating, Inspection, Silicon, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 3 August 2016 Paper

FLITECAM: delivery and performance on SOFIA

Sarah Logsdon, Ian McLean, E. Becklin, Ryan Hamilton, William Vacca, Patrick Waddell

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99080B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231757

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Mirrors, Image filtering, Photovoltaics, Space telescopes, Data modeling, Pluto, K band

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

J-Black: a stray light coating for optical and infrared systems

Patrick Waddell, David Black

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99122T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232159

KEYWORDS: Coating, Stray light, Coating, Stray light, Infrared radiation, Reflectivity, Silicon carbide, Telescopes, Thin film coatings, Particles, Inspection, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 2 September 2009 Paper

On sky testing of the SOFIA telescope in preparation for the first science observations

Franziska Harms, Jürgen Wolf, Patrick Waddell, Edward Dunham, Andreas Reinacher, Ulrich Lampater, Holger Jakob, Lisa Bjarke, Sybil Adams, Randy Grashuis, Allan Meyer, Kenneth Bower, Keith Schweikhard, Thomas Keilig

Proceedings Volume 7453, 745303 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828609

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Coating, Sensors, Cameras, Gyroscopes, Control systems, Stars, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

On sky testing and preliminary sensor alignment for the SOFIA Telescope

Franziska Harms, Patrick Waddell, Martin Suess, Hans-Peter Roeser

Proceedings Volume 6267, 62670V (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671936

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Gyroscopes, Space telescopes, Stars, Sensors, Calibration, Charge-coupled devices, Imaging systems, Electroluminescence, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Helium cryostat vent sizing For SOFIA science instruments

Maureen Savage, Siriluk Limmongkol, Richard Bacher, Theodore Brown, Christopher Koerber, Eric Smith, Patrick Waddell

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552622

KEYWORDS: Neck, Helium, Failure analysis, Heat flux, Transducers, Liquids, Analytical research, Nitrogen, Space telescopes, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 8 February 2002 Paper

SOFIA mission operations

Patrick Waddell, Jackie Davidson

Proceedings Volume 4486, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.455096

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Space telescopes, Telecommunications, Adaptive optics, Computing systems, Control systems, Data acquisition, Infrared astronomy, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 1998 Paper

Sloan digital sky survey 2.5-meter telescope: optics

Patrick Waddell, Edward Mannery, James Gunn, Steven Kent

Proceedings Volume 3352, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319293

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical coatings, Imaging spectroscopy, Mirrors, Polishing, Spectroscopy, Reflectivity, Optical design, Aspheric lenses, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 5 July 1994 Paper

Cassini star tracking and identification architecture

Valerie Thomas, James Alexander, Edwin Dennison, Patrick Waddell, Giuseppe Borghi, Dorico Procopio

Proceedings Volume 2221, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178934

KEYWORDS: Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Space operations, Distortion, Sensors, Sun, Interfaces, Cameras, Calibration, Clocks

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