NASA NTRS · 20120001864
Zodiac II: Debris Disk Imaging Potential
Abstract
Zodiac II is a proposed coronagraph on a balloon-borne platform, for the purpose of observing debris disks around nearby stars. Zodiac II will have a 1.2-m diameter telescope mounted in a balloon-borne gondola capable of arcsecond quality pointing, and with the capability to make long-duration (several week) flights. Zodiac II will have a coronagraph able to make images of debris disks, meaning that its scattered light speckles will be at or below an average contrast level of about 10(exp -7) in three narrow (7 percent) bands centered on the V band, and one broad (20%) one at I band. We will discuss the potential science to be done with Zodiac II.
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Traub Wesley, Bryden, Geoff, Stapelfeldt, Karl, Chen, Pin, Trauger, John. 2011-10-18. Zodiac II: Debris Disk Imaging Potential. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20120001864
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