Vincent Vella, First Light Sciences; Celeste Vazquez Lugo, L3Harris
Keywords: Sky brightness, Lunar exclusion, cis-lunar, Moon, photometric bands, full sky survey
Abstract:
In this paper we will compare sport checks of the sky background brightness over a lunar cycle against existing established models from the literature to validate the effectivity of those models. Results will be reported across multiple standard band passes around typical astronomical bright times. Suggestions for a process, which could be used to optimize a ground-based SSA systems scheduling, will then be presented. These will include estimates of the magnitude of improvements, where such optimizations can be expected to provide improvements depending on a systems passband.
Date of Conference: September 19-22, 2023
Track: Cislunar SDA