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Dutch participation in the
NGST-MIRI spectrometer:
ASTRON's role
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ASTRON
is the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy ("Stichting ASTRonomisch
Onderzoek
Nederland").
MIRI
is the Mid-InfraRed
Instrument for the
Next
Generation
Space
Telescope
NGST.
MIRI will consist of an imager and a
spectrometer; ASTRON's share is in the spectrometer optics and mechanics.
A British/French/Dutch/German/Italian consortium (with Swedish and Irish
participation), under supervision of ESA and NASA, is responsible for MIRI
as an integrated
instrumental system. The Dutch part of the consortium is led by astronomers
from the universities of Leiden and Amsterdam, under the auspices of the
Netherlands Research School of Astronomy (NOVA),
in collaboration with ASTRON, TNO/TPD and SRON. Funding is provided by the
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO),
NOVA and the universities.
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SCIENCE
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TECHNICAL
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Project organisation
and planning
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Spectrometer design
overview
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Spectrometer
system specifications
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Spectrometer manufacture
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Technical documentation
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ASTRON capabilities in 3-D
design (left) and instrument integration
(right):
the VISIR spectrometer, a
cryogenic Cassegrain instrument for ESO's VLT. This is the starting point
(2002)
for MIRI development.
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Examples of preliminary design activities by
the consortium;
September 2002, will evolve as time goes on.
click to obtain full-size versions
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news:
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September 2002: NASA has selected
TRW as the prime contractor for the
NGST, which in future will be known as the James Webb Space Telecope.
NASA's full press-release text can be found here.
TRW's press release can be found here.
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September 2002: The project has a Dutch
national manager: Rieks Jager,
currently working for SRON. This is a
NOVA appointment. Rieks will be stationed at ASTRON, he will
coordinate all Dutch activities in this project and will be the national
interface to the Consortium.
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June 2002: NWO has allocated funds
for the Dutch contribution to
MIRI
26 Sep 2002
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Project timeline (as
of September 2002)
ASTRON's MIRI project pages (password required)
Email:
ASTRON project manager: Lars Venema
This page: Jaap Tinbergen
© 
Dwingeloo, Netherlands.
(ASTRON
is the official name of the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy
NFRA).
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URL: file:///G:/DATA/Tinbergen/miri-ngst/frontpage_miri-website/index.htm
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Last modified by: Tinbergen
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Last Update: 26 Sep 2002 12:47
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