GUSTO
(Galactic / Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)
(balloon-borne 0.9 m far-infrared telescope)
GUSTO
(for Galactic / Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory,
ULDB for Ultralong-Duration Balloon)
is a balloon-borne 0.9-meter far infrared reflector telescope
in development for a flight over Antarctica of 2-4 months at
about 120,000 feet.
It was launched December 31, 2023.
It has a cryogenically-cooled three-channel camera, to map
oxygen, nitrogen and carbon lines
in the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
It builds on two previous such missions to test the
concept, STO (for Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory) in 2012,
and STO2 in 2016.
(telescope,reflector,airborne,infrared,construction)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUSTO_(telescope)
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/gusto/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018cosp...42E.304B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022SPIE12190E..0EW/abstract
https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/170329-nasa-selects-apl-mission-untangle-complexities-interstellar-medium
https://www.sron.nl/missions-astrophysics/gusto
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/landscape2019/pdf/5019.pdf
https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/balloon-tracker-world-space-gusto
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 64μm | 4.7THz | 19meV | begin | GUSTO |
| 214μm | 1.4THz | 5.8meV | end | GUSTO |
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