Investigation of Bright Sources of Far Infrared Radiation

Abstract

The Flying Infrared Telescope (described in Semi-Annual Technical Report No. 1) has been operational during the six-month period ending 31 May 1970 with twenty-eight high altitude missions being flown. The authors have measured the total infrared luminosities of the galactic center and the Seyfert galaxy NGC-1068, the first extra-galactic object to be observed at far-infrared wavelengths. Likewise, the galactic nebula M-17 and the IR object(s) in the Orion nebula have been observed. Observations of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus have been made at several wavelength intervals between 60 microns and 300 microns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0725063

Entities

People

  • Carlton M. Gillespie Jr.
  • Doyle A. Harper Jr.
  • Frank J. Low

Organizations

  • Rice University

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Elements
  • Engineering
  • Far Infrared Radiation
  • Flux Density
  • High Altitude
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Infrared Telescopes
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Materials
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Power Distribution
  • Radiation
  • Space Sciences
  • Spectra
  • United States
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space