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Published July 30, 2010 | Version Published
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FIREBALL: Detector, data acquisition and reduction

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  • 1. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 2. ROR icon Columbia University
  • 3. ROR icon Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
  • 4. ROR icon Centre National d'Études Spatiales

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Abstract

The Faint Intergalactic Redshifted Emission Balloon (FIREBALL) had its first scientific flight in June 2009. The instrument combines microchannel plate detector technology with fiber-fed integral field spectroscopy on an unstable stratospheric balloon gondola platform. This unique combination poses a series of calibration and data reduction challenges that must be addressed and resolved to allow for accurate data analysis. We discuss our approach and some of the methods we are employing to accomplish this task.

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© 2010 SPIE. The material is based upon work supported by NASA under award No. NNX08AO39G. The FIREBALL team acknowledges the support from CNES, CNRS, and LAM.

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NASA
NNX08AO39G
Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM)

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Space Astrophysics Laboratory
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Proceedings of SPIE
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7732