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The Instrument of the Astrometric Mission Diva

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S.J. Wagner
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Königstuhl, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
W. Seifert
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Königstuhl, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
H. Mandel
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Königstuhl, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
U. Bastian
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany and the DIVA team see http://www.aip.de:8080/dso/diva
S. RÖser
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany and the DIVA team see http://www.aip.de:8080/dso/diva

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As a follow-up to the most successful Hipparcos mission we have suggested a mini-satellite. The instrument DIVA is a pair of two small Fizeau interferometers with a fixed angular separation scanning the entire sky in a Hipparcos-type fashion. Despite its small apertures the very efficient opticaldesign and the use of CCD detectors will allow a significant increase in performance compared to the Hipparcos mission. Introducing objective prisms in front of the beam combiners will generate dispersed fringes which will allow a more accurate astrometry and much more detailed spectro-photometric information than filtered, undispered fringes. A complete optical system was designed which is suitable to achieve the desired goal and may be expanded to the size of GAIA. Likewise, several options exists to improve the capabilities and the depth of the DIVA mission.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
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