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Imaging and spectroscopy of comet p/halley
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Combi, Michael R. |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | The goals of this investigation are the analysis of a large set of high-resolution echelle/reticon spectra, and the reduction and analysis of a set of narrow-band-filtered charge coupled device (CCD) images of Comet Halley taken during the preperihelion period at Oak Ridge Observatory by Dr. R. E. McCrosky. The scientific objectives associated with these goals are the determination of the spatial distributions of several important radicals, atoms and ions in the coma. These include C2, CN, C3, H2O(+) and CO(+) from the image data. The analysis of the neutral species distribution with Monte Carlo models will aid in the understanding of their production and decay mechanisms as well as serve as an important indicator of the physical conditions in the inner coma. The spatial distributions of the ions will serve as a guide to constrain the complex model necessary for understanding the interaction of the solar wind and the cometary ions. Work during this past year has been devoted largely to the reduction of the standard star photometry for the CCD image data set, as well as the re-flat-fielding of a number of the comet images. We are pleased to report that despite a number of setbacks and the small effort devoted to this work (2 1/2 months for the PI and a generous share of completely unsupported time by Dr. McCrosky) that this portion of the work has been successfully completed. The goals for the upcoming final year of this project (under a new project number) are to complete the calibration of the CCD image data for inclusion in the IHW archive, to analyze a select portion of the neutral radical images with our Monte Carlo models, and to present the results of the 6300/region spectra as a guide to low-resolution spectral observers in order to yield the unambiguous separation of the contributions of cometary O(1D), airglow O(1D), and the numerous NH2 lines in that region of the spectrum. |
| File Size | 81178 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890007269 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t29934c1f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Charge Coupled Devices Images Atoms Ions Astronomical Spectroscopy Spectra Halley's Comet Radioactive Decay Monte Carlo Method Spatial Distribution Chemical Composition Solar Wind Photometry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
