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SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2024)“…Abstract SuperBIT was a 0.5 m near-UV to near-infrared wide-field telescope that launched on a NASA superpressure balloon into the stratosphere from New…”
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Lensing in the Blue. II. Estimating the Sensitivity of Stratospheric Balloons to Weak Gravitational Lensing
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-09-2023)“…Abstract The Superpressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope ( SuperBIT ) is a diffraction-limited, wide-field, 0.5 m, near-infrared to near-ultraviolet…”
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Weak Lensing in the Blue: A Counter-intuitive Strategy for Stratospheric Observations
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2022)“…Abstract The statistical power of weak lensing measurements is principally driven by the number of high-redshift galaxies whose shapes are resolved…”
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Data Downloaded via Parachute from a NASA Super-Pressure Balloon
Published in Aerospace (01-11-2023)“…In April 2023, the superBIT telescope was lifted to the Earth’s stratosphere by a helium-filled super-pressure balloon to acquire astronomical imaging from…”
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SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere
Published 03-08-2024“…Volume 168, Number 2, Pages 85, 2024, Astronomical Journal SuperBIT was a 0.5-meter near-ultraviolet to near-infrared wide-field telescope that launched on a…”
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From SuperBIT to GigaBIT: Informing next-generation balloon-borne telescope design with Fine Guidance System flight data
Published 14-07-2024“…The Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) is a near-diffraction-limited 0.5m telescope that launched via NASA's super-pressure balloon…”
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Lensing in the Blue II: Estimating the Sensitivity of Stratospheric Balloons to Weak Gravitational Lensing
Published 06-07-2023“…The Superpressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) is a diffraction-limited, wide-field, 0.5 m, near-infrared to near-ultraviolet observatory…”
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Data downloaded via parachute from a NASA super-pressure balloon
Published 14-11-2023“…Aerospace 2023, 10, 960 In April to May 2023, the superBIT telescope was lifted to the Earth's stratosphere by a helium-filled super-pressure balloon, to…”
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Weak lensing in the blue: a counter-intuitive strategy for stratospheric observations
Published 17-10-2022“…The statistical power of weak lensing measurements is principally driven by the number of high redshift galaxies whose shapes are resolved. Conventional wisdom…”
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Optical night sky brightness measurements from the stratosphere
Published 11-10-2020“…The Astronomical Journal, Volume 160, Number 6, 2020 This paper presents optical night sky brightness measurements from the stratosphere using CCD images taken…”
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Robust diffraction-limited NIR-to-NUV wide-field imaging from stratospheric balloon-borne platforms -- SuperBIT science telescope commissioning flight & performance
Published 25-11-2019“…At a fraction the total cost of an equivalent orbital mission, scientific balloon-borne platforms, operating above 99.7% of the Earth's atmosphere, offer…”
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