Skylab Experiment S063 UV Airglow Horizon Photography.

Abstract

The Skylab space station offered a unique opportunity for man-in-space to study Earth's upper atmosphere from an average 435 km altitude. Experiment S063 made use of 35 mm cameras equipped with various narrow-band filters in the visible and middle ultraviolet spectral range to photograph airglow, aurora and daytime ozone concentrations. Comet Kohoutek was also photographed through various lenses and filters. The present report details the experiment and data deposited at the National Space Science Data Center for use by any scientist who might wish to use the data in further studies. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032872

Entities

People

  • Donald M. Packer
  • Irene G. Packer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Color Film
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Filters
  • Latitude
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Noctilucent Clouds
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Radiation
  • Solar Radiation
  • Space Sciences
  • Spacecraft
  • Stars
  • White Light

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects