Measurements of far-ultraviolet photographs from Skylab 4 and Apollo 6. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Mar 08 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7208491

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Over 700 far UV photos were obtained with the S201 electrographic camera on Skylab 4 (27 Nov. 1973 - 28 Jan. 1974) and from the Apollo-16 lunar site (21 - 23 Apr. 1972). The Lyman-alpha geocorona was found to fit R. R. Meier's model, and the tropical airglow belts were measured quantitatively. The history of Comet Kohoutek's Ly-alpha halo (and lack of an oxygen halo) was followed from 32 days before to 13 days after perihelion passage, and fitted to a model of hydrogen production from the comet. Far UV emissions from the Large Magellanic Cloud were also measured quantitatively and compared with ground-based measurements of stellar associations and nebulae. Computer programs were developed to contour the densities measured by microphotometer on the original film and to locate and sum density-volumes in each starlike image. In addition, thousands of stars were identified and their far UV flux measured in two band-passes (1050 - 1600 A, 1250 - 1600 A).

• Research Organization: Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7208491
• Report Number(s): N-77-21516; NASA-CR-151242
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AIRGLOW
COMETS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
GALAXIES
LYMAN LINES
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
RADIATIONS
SPECTRA
STARS
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ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA