Horizontal-Path Imaging with Laser Illumination.

Abstract

The results of horizontal-path imaging experiments, both with laser and with 'white light' illumination, are presented. These experiments were conducted at the Cloudcroft Electro-Optical Station, New Mexico, during the period June-November 1969. A target located at the Alamo Lookout Field Site, 13.3 km from the Electro-Optical Station, was illuminated with a non-Q-switched ruby laser and with flashbulbs. Photographs were recorded simultaneously with the Cloudcroft 1.22-m telescope and with a 35-mm camera located near the target. The resolution of the images obtained with the telescope was generally about 2 to 3 arc sec or worse. There was no significant difference between the resolution of the images recorded with laset illumination and that of those recorded with 'white light' illumination. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0876617

Entities

People

  • Jack D. Gaskill

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Illumination
  • Images
  • Lasers
  • New Mexico
  • Optical Equipment
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Telescopes
  • White Light

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space