MAXAT Desirable Characteristics-- A First Assessment
|
Attribute |
Potential Capability |
|
Aperture |
30-m to 50-m |
|
Wavelength Coverage |
OIR atmospheric windows |
|
Angular Resolution |
|
|
"best seeing" + adaptive optics |
|
much better than seeing--AO |
|
diffraction-limited--AO |
|
Field of View |
0.3 arcmin (AO) -> >5 arcmin (seeing) |
|
Sky Coverage |
to be defined |
|
Track duration |
to be defined |
|
Emissivity |
"low" |