Study of the thermal stability of a solar limbograph when it operates in the star-observation regime on board the Russian segment of the ISS

Абдусаматов Х.И., Ханков С.И. Исследование термостабильности солнечного лимбографа при его работе в режиме наблюдения за звездами на борту российского сегмента МКС // Оптический журнал. 2007. Т. 74. № 5. С. 54–57.

Abdusamatov Kh.I., Khankov S.I. Study of the thermal stability of a solar limbograph when it operates in the star-observation regime on board the Russian segment of the ISS [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2007. V. 74. № 5. P. 54–57.

Kh. I. Abdusamatov and S. I. Khankov, "Study of the thermal stability of a solar limbograph when it operates in the star-observation regime on board the Russian segment of the ISS," Journal of Optical Technology. 74 (5), 344-346 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.74.000344

This paper presents theoretical studies of the SL-200 solar limbograph when it is operated on board the Russian segment of the ISS in the star-observation regime. It is shown that the heat put out by radiation into cold space in 60 min does not result in substantial thermal aberrations of its optical system, and this ensures a stable high quality of both the image and the throughput characteristics of the limbograph as a whole.