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The scientific goal of the Japanese small astrometric satellite, Small-JASMINE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2013

Taihei Yano
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan email: yano.t@nao.ac.jp, naoteru.gouda@nao.ac.jp, yuki@merope.nao.ac.jp, taku.tsujimoto@nao.ac.jp, kazin.niwa@nao.ac.jp
Naoteru Gouda
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan email: yano.t@nao.ac.jp, naoteru.gouda@nao.ac.jp, yuki@merope.nao.ac.jp, taku.tsujimoto@nao.ac.jp, kazin.niwa@nao.ac.jp
Yukiyasu Kobayashi
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan email: yano.t@nao.ac.jp, naoteru.gouda@nao.ac.jp, yuki@merope.nao.ac.jp, taku.tsujimoto@nao.ac.jp, kazin.niwa@nao.ac.jp
Takuji Tsujimoto
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan email: yano.t@nao.ac.jp, naoteru.gouda@nao.ac.jp, yuki@merope.nao.ac.jp, taku.tsujimoto@nao.ac.jp, kazin.niwa@nao.ac.jp
Yoshito Niwa
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan email: yano.t@nao.ac.jp, naoteru.gouda@nao.ac.jp, yuki@merope.nao.ac.jp, taku.tsujimoto@nao.ac.jp, kazin.niwa@nao.ac.jp
Yoshiyuki Yamada
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan email: yamada@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

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Small-JASMINE is a small Japanese astrometric satellite, developed mainly at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. The target launch date of Small-JASMINE is around 2017. The satellite will be equipped with a telescope with an aperture size of 30 cm and a focal length of approximately 3.9 m. The operational wavelength will be centered on the infrared Hw band, between 1.1 and 1.7 μm, using a HgCdTe detector with 4k × 4k pixels. This will enable us to observe the central regions of our Galaxy and clarify the dynamical structure of the bulge region. A restricted region of the Galactic bulge will be observed using a frame-linking method, which is different from the approach taken by both Hipparcos and Gaia, both developed at ESA. The target accuracy of the annual parallax and proper motion is approximately 10 μas and 10 μas yr−1, respectively, in the central region of the survey area of 0.3 × 0.3 deg2. The target accuracy of the annual parallax, ~ 50 μas, and that of the proper motion, ~ 50 μas yr−1, will be obtained within a region of 2 × 2 deg2. The observing region covers a field of approximately 3 × 3 deg2. The mission is required to continue for around three years to obtain reliable measurements. In the winter season, the angular distance between the Sun and the Galactic bulge region is small. Accordingly, we may have the chance to observe different regions which contain scientifically interesting targets, such as Cygnus X-1. If we are successful in observing the object over the course of a few weeks, the orbital elements of the star accompanying Cygnus X-1 can be resolved by Small-JASMINE.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

References

Yano, T., Gouda, N., Kobayashi, Y., Tsujimoto, T., Hatsutori, Y., Murooka, J., Niwa, Y., & Yamada, Y. 2011, in: Gaia: At the Frontiers of Astrometry (Turon, C., Meynadier, F., Arenou, F., & Lindegren, L., eds), ESA Publ. Ser., 45, 449Google Scholar