The LPSP instrument on OSO 8. II - In-flight performance and preliminary results

• 1 May 1978
• journal article
• research article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 221  (3) , 1032-1053
• https://doi.org/10.1086/156109

Abstract

Keywords

• OSO-8
• SATELLITE-BORNE INSTRUMENTS
• SOLAR INSTRUMENTS
• SOLAR PHYSICS
• ANGULAR RESOLUTION
• CALIBRATING
• CHROMOSPHERE
• GRATINGS (SPECTRA)
• LIGHT SCATTERING
• LYMAN ALPHA RADIATION
• OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS
• PHOTOMETRY
• POINTING CONTROL SYSTEMS
• REAL TIME OPERATION
• SOLAR ACTIVITY
• SOLAR PROMINENCES
• SPECTRAL RESOLUTION
• SUNSPOTS
• TARGET ACQUISITION
• ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS