PHOTOGRAPHIC AND SPECTROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOON AT PIC-DU-MIDI.

Abstract

The present report contains an account of the work carried out between 1965-1969 in the following fields of research: (1) the design and development of a new type of image-scanning three-beam photoelectric photometer for observations of transient colour changes on the lunar surface; (2) three-colour photoelectric photometry of the Moon, carried out with the new instrument between 1966-1968; (3) multicolour photoelectric observations of the lunar surface, with special respect to the colour-dependence of the 'opposition effect'; (4) single-colour photographic photometry of the Moon, leading to an investigation of the light scattering properties of the lunar surface; and (5) investigation of a possible correlation of lunar luminescence with the planetary magnetic index. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0706122

Entities

People

  • Zdenek Kopal

Organizations

  • University of Manchester

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Light Scattering
  • Luminescence
  • Observation
  • Photometers
  • Photometry
  • Scanning
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris