TY  - GEN
A1  - Maier, Philipp
A1  - Wolf, Jürgen
A1  - Keilig, Thomas
A1  - Krabbe, Alfred
A1  - Duffard, Rene
A1  - Ortiz, Jose-Luis
A1  - Klinkner, Sabine
A1  - Lengowski, Michael
A1  - Müller, Thomas
A1  - Lockowandt, Christian
A1  - Krockstedt, Christian
A1  - Kappelmann, Norbert
A1  - Stelzer, Beate
A1  - Werner, Klaus
A1  - Geier, Stephan Alfred
A1  - Kalkuhl, Christoph
A1  - Rauch, Thomas
A1  - Schanz, Thomas
A1  - Barnstedt, Jürgen
A1  - Conti, Lauro
A1  - Hanke, Lars
T1  - Towards a European Stratospheric Balloon Observatory
BT  - the ESBO design study
T2  - Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII
N2  - This paper presents the concept of a community-accessible stratospheric balloon-based observatory that is currently under preparation by a consortium of European research institutes and industry. We present the technical motivation, science case, instrumentation, and a two-stage image stabilization approach of the 0.5-m UV/visible platform. In addition, we briefly describe the novel mid-sized stabilized balloon gondola under design to carry telescopes in the 0.5 to 0.6 m range as well as the currently considered flight option for this platform. Secondly, we outline the scientific and technical motivation for a large balloon-based FIR telescope and the ESBO DS approach towards such an infrastructure.
KW  - astronomy
KW  - balloon telescopes
KW  - UV
KW  - far infrared
KW  - detectors
KW  - observatory
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 978-1-5106-1954-8
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2319248
SN  - 0277-786X
SN  - 1996-756X
VL  - 10700
PB  - SPIE-INT Soc Optical Engineering
CY  - Bellingham
ER  -