BASIC HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH.

Abstract

A balloon flight to measure the sky brightness in the ultraviolet from 113,000 ft was successfully carried out. The experiment was designed to measure the sky brightness as a function of wavelength (2500 - 3700A) and scattering angle. The spectrometer was programmed to make measurements at different elevation angles, and was rotated continuously in azimuth. In addition to this balloon flight, one was done in conjunction with a program in x-ray and gamma ray astronomy.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1964
Accession Number
AD0613309

Entities

People

  • M. Griggs

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Astronomy
  • Brightness
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Elevation
  • Gamma Rays
  • High Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Scattering
  • Spectrometers
  • Wave Phenomena
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Solar Physics