INTERPLANETARY NAVIGATION STUDIES: THE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION IN STELLAR SPECTRA

Abstract

The colors of stars may be valuable in finding and identifying those stars which are useful in interplanetary flight. Stellar colors are indicated by color indices, spectral types, or gradients, for which black-body temperatures defined in various ways approximately represent the spectral continuum energy distribution. A table of representative temperatures is given, as well as color information for the brightest stars. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0258904

Entities

People

  • R.j. Levy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Body Temperature
  • Diffraction
  • Isotherms
  • Navigation
  • Spectra
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design