Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imaging Experiment
- 13 July 1984
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 225 (4658) , 191-193
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.225.4658.191
Abstract
The atmospheric emissions photometric imaging experiment was flown on Spacelab 1 to study faint natural and artificial atmospheric emission phenomena. The instrument imaged optical emission in the region 2000 to 7500 angstroms with a television system consisting of two optical channels, one wide-angle and one telephoto. A third optical channel imaged onto the photochathode of a microchannel plate photomultiplier tube that has 100 discrete anodes. A hand-held image intensifier camera with an objective grating permitted spectral analysis of the earth's airglow and the shuttle glow. Preliminary data show magnesium ion emission features in the lower ionosphere as well as the spececraft glow spectrum.Keywords
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