The Velocity Aberration Effect of the CSST Main Survey Camera
In this study, we conducted simulations to find the geometric aberrations expected for images taken by the Main Survey Camera of the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) due to its motion. As anticipated by previous work, our findings indicate that the geometric distortion of light impacts the focal plane's apparent scale, with a more pronounced influence as the size of the focal plane increases. Our models suggest that the effect consistently influences the pixel scale in both the vertical and parallel directions. The apparent scale variation follows a sinusoidal distribution throughout one orbital period. Simulations reveal that the effect is particularly pronounced in the center of the Galaxy and gradually diminishes along the direction of ecliptic latitude. At low ecliptic latitudes, the total aberration leads to about a 0.94 pixel offset (a 20 minute exposure) and a 0.26 pixel offset (a 300 s exposure) at the edge of the field of view. Appropriate processings for the geometric effect during the CSST pre- and post-observation phases are presented.
Item Type | Article |
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Additional information | © 2024 National Astronomical Observatories, CAS and IOP Publishing Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/ad7078 |
Keywords | astro-ph.im, telescopes, astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques, astrometry, astronomy and astrophysics, space and planetary science |
Date Deposited | 15 May 2025 15:39 |
Last Modified | 31 May 2025 00:44 |
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