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Comet p/halley 1910, 1986: an objective-prism study
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bus, E. S. Wyckoff, S. Carsenty, U. Lutz, B. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | V. M. Slipher of the Lowell Obs. collected a large amount of spectroscopic data during the 1910 apparition of Halley's comet. Three of his post perihelion objective-prism plates were selected, digitized, and subjected to modern digital data reduction procedures. Some of the important steps in the analysis where: (1) Density to intensity conversion for which was used 1910 slit spectra of Fe-arc lamp on similar plates (Sigma) and derived an average characteristic curve; (2) Flux calibration using the fact that during the period June 2 to 7 1910 P/Halley was very close (angular distance) to the bright star Alpha Sex (A0III, V-4.49), and the spectra of both star and comet were recorded on the same plates. The flux distribution of Alpha Sex was assumed to be similar to that of the standard star 58 Aql and derived a sensitivity curve for the system; (3) Atmospheric extinction using the standard curve for the Lowell Obs.; (4) Solar continuum subtraction using the standard solar spectrum binned to the spectral resolution. An example of a flux-calibrated spectrum of the coma (integrated over 87,000km) before the subtraction of solar continuum is presented. |
| File Size | 133974 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870005697 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9r25tq20 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Molecular Spectra Comet Nuclei Spectrum Analysis Comet Tails Prisms Halley's Comet Line Spectra Photodissociation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
