SP-404 Skylab's Astronomy and Space
Sciences
[119-122] INDEX
- Aerobee rocket, 50
- Aerosol analysis, 109
- Ainsworth, Glenn C., 113
- Airlocks, 4, 5
- Aldrin, Edwin, 76
- Apollo 11, 76
- Apollo 16, 6, 15, 22
- Argon
- Atmospheric, 79
- Measurement, 66
- Articulated mirror system, 8
- Asteroid belt, 39, 40
- Asteroid system, Sun-Jupiter, Trojan,
41
- Astronomy, stellar and galactic,
7
- Astronauts
- Aldrin, Edwin, 76
- Bean, Alan, 7, 8
- Garriott, Owen, K., 4, 27, 86
- Gibson, Edward G., 51, 54, 55
- Glenn, John, 93
- Lousma, Jack R., 111
- Atmosphere, of Earth, 79-91
- Atmospheric extinction profiles,
85
- Aurorae, studies, 86-91
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- Bean, Alan, 7, 8
- Bohlin, David, 58
- Bolometric magnitude, 12
- Bright Star Catalog, 10
- Brownlee, Donald, 33
- Bunner, Alan, 23
- Burnett, Donald, 69
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- Calcium fluoride
- In electrographic camera, 13
- In objective-prism spectrograph,
8
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- Cameras Earth-terrain, 4
- Extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray,
104
- Far-ultraviolet electrographic,
13-16,
- Ultraviolet panorama, 6
- Carbon emission, 7, 10
- Carina, 9, 10, 19, 20, 21
- Carr, Gerald P., 75
- Carruthers, George, 13
- Chiu, Hong-Yee, 43
- Clifton, K. S., 104
- Collimators, in X-ray instrument,
23, 24
- Coma, of comet, 44
- Comet Kohoutek, 3, 5, 13, 43-63
- Antitail, 46, 58-59
- Helium, 58
- Hydrogen halo, 43, 46, 49-51
- Isophote plot, 53, 54
- Nucleus, 51
- Orbit, 48
- Passing the Sun, 53-54
- Path, 47
- Perihelion, 44, 48
- Photometric studies, 59-60
- Postperihelion, 49
- Preperihelion, 48
- Seen from Earth, 44-47
- Skylab's instruments for, 46, 47-48, 58
- Skylab's location, 48-49
- Solar observatory results, 54, 58
- Syndynes, 58
- Tail, 44, 46, 47
- Ultraviolet images, 53
- Ultraviolet spectra, 51
- Visual magnitude, 60-61
- Visually observed, 51, 53, 54, 55
- X-rays, 58
- Comet orbits, 48
- Comet spectrum, 46
- Contamination-measuring instruments,
93-95
- Contamination studies, 93-114
- Coronagraph, 41, 83
- Comet Kohoutek, 53-54
- White-light, 105, 106
- Cosmic rays, 71-72, 74
- Flux, 77
- Transuranic, 74-76
- Ultraheavy, 75
- Courtes, Georges, 16
- Crab Nebula, 25, 72
- Craters, impact 28-33
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- Deutschman, William A., 60, 61
- Dosimeter, radiation, 113
- Dosimeter, Van Allen Belt, 112
- Dudley Observatory, 28, 83
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- Earth
- Curvature, 80
- Environment in space, 64
- Limb in ultraviolet, 83-84
- Earth-terrain camera, 4
- Electrographic data, 14-15
- Energetic particles, 65-77
- "Evil eyes," 32-33
- Experiments
- Galactic X-ray mapping, 23
- Gegenschein-zodiacal light,
36-38
- Magnetospheric particle composition,
65-67
- Micrometeoroid collection, 28-31
- Neutron analysis, 69-70
- Nuclear emulsion, 72-74
- Optical surfaces, 101-102
- Radiation dosimetry, 113-114
- Skylab, inside atmosphere, 108-110
- Thermal control and polymeric film,
97-101,
- Transuranic cosmic ray, 74-76
- Ultraviolet, 7-22
- Ultraviolet panorama, 16-21
- Ultraviolet stellar astronomy,
5-9, 20
- Explorer I, 77
- Extreme-ultraviolet radiation,
84-85
- Extreme-ultraviolet spectroheliograph,
58
- Extreme-ultraviolet spectroheliometer,
84
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- Far-ultraviolet electrographic camera,
13-16, 48, 51
- Far-ultraviolet spectra, 11
- Film, aboard Skylab, 112-113
- Film vault, 112
- Fishman, Gerald, 70
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- Galactic X-ray emissions, 23-25
- Galactic X-ray mapping experiment,
23
- Gamma Velae, 10
- Gamma-ray spectrometer, 71
- Garriott, Owen K., 4, 27, 86
- Gary, G. A., 59
- Gegenschein, 36-38, 40, 104
- Geiss, Johannes, 65
- Gibson, Edward G., 51, 54, 55
- Glenn, John, 93
- Goddard Space Flight Center, 43, 44
- Gould's belt, 8
- Greenberg, Mayo, 83
- Grimm, Andrew D., 113
- Gum Nebula, 14, 15
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- Hamburg Observatory, 43
- Harvard College Observatory, 58, 60, 85
- Helium
- Emission, 7
- Comet Kohoutek, 58
- Measurement, 66
- Hemenway, C. L., 28, 107
- Henize, Karl S., 8, 21
- Henry Draper Catalog, 10
- High Altitude Observatory, 53
- Hobbs, Robert W., 44
- Hoffman, R. A., 77
- Hopfield, Alison, 41
- Horizon observations, 80-81
- Hutchinson, P., 35
- Hydrogen
- Emission, 7
- Lyman-alpha line, 13
- Hydrogen halo, Comet Kohoutek,
43, 46, 49-51
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- Image Data Processing Facility,
20
- Instruments
- Aerosol analysis, 109
- Contamination- measuring , 93-95
- Extreme-ultraviolet spectroheliograph,
58
- Micrometeoroid collection, 27, 28
- Solar Ultraviolet spectrograph,
85
- Transuranic cosmic ray detector,
68, 69
- Ultraviolet photoelectric scanning,
58
- Ultraviolet stellar astronomy,
5
- X-ray, 23-25
- Instellar dust (micrometeoroids),
10, 12
- Integrating vidicon system, 43
- Interplanetary dust, 27-41
- Ionosphere, 80
- Ions, defined, 7
- Iron, ionized, 9
- Iron peak, 72-74
- Isophote plot, 15, 16
- Color, 20-21
- Comet Kohoutek, 5
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- Janni, Joseph F., 113
- Johnson Space Center, 65, 77
- Joint Observatory for Cometary Research,
44, 45, 46
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- Keller, H. Uwe, 58
- Kitt Peak National Observatory,
43
- Kohoutek, Lubos, 43
- Kraushaar, William, 23
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- Leavitt, W. Z., 108
- Lehn, William L., 97
- Lexan, 75
- Libration, lunar, 41
- Light flashes, observed from Skylab,
76-77
- Lind, Don, 65, 103
- Lithium fluoride, use in electrographic
camera, 13
- Lousma, Jack R., 111
- Lundquist, Charles A., 59
- Lyman-alpha light, 43
- Lyman-alpha line, 13, 58
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- MacQueen, Robert, 41, 53
- Magellanic clouds
- Large, 6, 7, 15, 21, 22
- Small, 15
- Magnesium absorption, 9
- Magnesium fluoride, use in photometer,
17
- Magnetospheric particle composition
experiment, 65-67
- Map, color-coded
- Brightness, 40
- Contour, 51
- Polarization, 40
- Maran, Stephen P., 43
- Marshall Space Flight Center, 59, 71, 104
- Metallic foils, 102-104
- Meteors, 27-28
- Methyl silicone, on Skylab windows,
108
- Microbalance, quartz-crystal, 93-95
- Microdensitometer, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 51
- Micrometeoroid and heat shield,
1, 5
- Micrometeoroids
- Collection experiment, 28-31
- Collection instrument, 27, 28
- Residue, 31, 33-35
- Milky Way, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 25, 40, 72
- Mirror, ultraviolet reflecting,
5, 17
- Moon, studies of, 81-83
- Moonrise, seen from Skylab, 81
- Mt. Haleakala, Hawaii, 35, 36
- Muscari, Joseph A., 101, 104
- Muscovite mica, in detector foil,
69
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- NASA, 23
- Neon measurement, 66
- Neutron analysis experiment, 69-70
- Neutron detector, 70
- Neutron environment demonstration,
70-71
- Neutron radiation, 67-68
- Nitrogen
- Absorption of solar radiation,
85
- Atmospheric, 79
- Emission, 7
- Noble gases, trapped, 66
- Nuclear emulsion experiment, 72-74
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- Objective-prism spectrograph, 8, 9, 51, 53
- O'Dell, C. R., 59
- "Operation Kohoutek," 43
- Optical surfaces
- Deposits on, 107-108
- Experiment, 101-102
- Orbiting Astronomical Observatories,
8, 10
- Orionids, 27
- Oxidation experiment, 107
- Oxygen
- Absorption of solar radiation,
7, 85, 86, 87
- Atmospheric, 79
- Emission, 7, 10
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- Packer, Donald, 83, 86
- Page, Thornton, 13, 50, 51
- Parasol, 1, 5
- Photographs
- Blue-light, 21
- False-color, 43
- Far-ultraviolet, 15, 22, 43
- Red-light, 22
- Ultraviolet, 19, 22
- Photometer, 17-19, 39, 40, 104
- Pioneer 10 and 11, 39
- Pogue, William, 77
- Polymeric film experiment, 97-101
- Potassium bromide, photocathode,
14
- Poynting-Robertson effect, 38-40
- Price, P. Buford, 33, 75
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- Quartz-crystal microbalance, 93-95
- Quist, Terry, 69
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- Radiation dosimetry experiment,
113-114
- Radiation studies, 111-114
- Extreme ultraviolet, 84-85
- Radioactivity measurement, 71
- Reeves, Edmond, 58
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- Saturn IB rocket, 1, 24
- Saturn V rocket, 1
- Schmidt-Cassegrain camera system,
18, 19, 21
- Sekanina, Z., 59
- Shapiro, Maurice M., 72
- Shirk, E. K., 75
- Silicon absorption, 9
- Skyglow studies, 40
- Skylab
- Altitude, 80
- Crews, 1
- Collector cuff, 65, 66
- Collector foils, 67
- Discoloration, 95-97
- Film, 112-113
- Inside atmosphere, 108-111
- Location, 48
- Mission sequence, 2
- Moonrise, 81
- Optical environment, 104-106
- Orbit, 2
- Special accommodations, 4-5
- Sunrise, 79, 82, 83
- Temperature control, 95
- Tracking network, 2, 3
- Windows, 4, 107, 108, 109
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
59, 60
- Smithsonian Catalog, 14
- Solar flare, 86
- South Atlantic anomaly, 3, 74, 76, 77
- Spectra
- Far-ultraviolet, 11
- Ultraviolet, 8, 9, 10, 13
- Comet Kohoutek, 51
- Hot stars, 11-12
- Widened, 9-11
- Spectral line absorption, 85-86, 87
- Spectrograph
- Objective-prism, 8, 9, 51, 53
- Solar ultraviolet, 85
- Spectroheliograph, extreme ultraviolet,
58
- Spectroheliometer, extreme ultraviolet,
84
- Spectrometer, gamma-ray, 71
- Star field studies, 8
- Stars
- Classification, 7, 8, 10, 14
- Hot, 11-12
- Wolf Rayet, 10, 11
- Sun, observations, 3, 47, 80
- Sunrise, seen from Skylab, 79, 82, 83
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- Tail, comet, 44, 46, 47
- Telescope
- Converted, 8
- Earth-based, 14
- Thermal control experiment, 96-101, 102
- Theta Muscae, 10
- Tousey, Richard, 58, 104
- Transuranic cosmic ray detector,
68, 69
- Transuranic cosmic ray experiment,
74-76
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- Ultraviolet experiments, 7-22
- Ultraviolet images, Comet Kohoutek,
53
- Ultraviolet light, 10, 12
- Ultraviolet panorama camera, 6
- Ultraviolet panorama experiment,
16-21
- Ultraviolet photoelectric scanning
instrument, 58
- Ultraviolet photographs, 19, 22
- Ultraviolet region, 7-8
- Ultraviolet spectra, 8, 9, 10, 13
- Comet Kohoutek, 51
- Hot stars, 11-12
- Ultraviolet stellar astronomy experiment,
5-9, 20
- Ultraviolet stellar astronomy instrument,
5
- United States Naval Research Laboratory,
72, 83, 86, 104
- University of Michigan Observatory,
21
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- Van Allen, James, 77
- Van Allen Belt, 3, 70, 74, 77, 111
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- Weinberg, Jerry, 36, 40, 104
- Wolf Rayet stars, 10, 11
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- X-ray emissions, galactic, 23-25
- X-ray instrument, 23-25
- X-rays
- Comet Kohoutek, 58
- Wavelength band, 2
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- Zodiacal light, 2, 28, 35-38, 39, 40
