EXPERIMENTS WITH MONOCHROMATIC ALL-SKY CAMERAS

Abstract

Several optical systems for observing monochromatic emissions with an all-sky camera are described and discussed. They were tested at wavelengths 5577, and 3914 A and should also be useful at 5893 A. They appear capable f gathering useful data but with ordinary fast films require exposures of half an hour or more. New films with tenfold greater speed may reduce this limitation. A preliminary investigation of twilight fluorescence in the 3914 A band of N2(+) suggests that it is only present during auroral activity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0286099

Entities

People

  • D. Ramsden

Organizations

  • University of Saskatchewan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Daylight
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Emission
  • Fluorescence
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Low Light Levels
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Twilight

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Spectroscopy.