Data Processing of the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory-2 [CII] Survey

Russell Shipman, Youngmin Seo, Volker Tolls, William Peters, Ümit Kavak, Craig Kulesa, Chris Walker

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Abstract

The second flight of the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO-2) was a balloon mission to survey parts of the Galactic Plane at [CII] transition at 1.9 THz. STO-2 surveyed approximately 2.5 deg2 of the Galactic Plane at a spatial resolution of 1'. The STO-2 data suffer significant system drifts that are only partially addressed by the observing cadence. A slightly altered calibration scheme is presented to address these drifts. We show how it was possible to extract calibrated data from STO-2 scans and, based on the work presented here, make recommendations for the future GUSTO mission.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAstronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII
EditorsP.J. Teuben, M.W. Pound, B.A. Thomas, E.M. Warner
PublisherAstronomical Society of the Pacific
Pages617-620
Publication statusPublished - 1-Oct-2019

Publication series

NameAstronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
PublisherAstronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume523

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