Photometer, Far Ultraviolet
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Summary
- This is a flight test spare of a far ultraviolet photometer and associated collimator of the type flown on Aerobee sounding rockets by the Aeronomy group at the Naval Research Laboratory. This potted flight test spare used for geocoronal studies dates back to about 1972.
- As part of its studies of the upper atmosphere, the Naval Research Laboratory sent specialized instruments to extreme altitudes on Aerobee sounding rockets. Maximum altitude for the rockets was close to 230 kilometers. This far ultraviolet photometer is representative of those sent up in rockets around 1972 for observations of the Earth's nightglow, called the geocorona. This photometer was designed to detect the ultraviolet radiation emitted by hydrogen at the Lyman beta wavelength. A collimator to exclude stray signals guards the aperture of the tube.
- This instrument was transferred to NASM by NRL in March 1986.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Naval Research Laboratory
- Inventory Number
- A19870164000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Copper Alloy
- Unknown Metal
- Paper
- Plastic
- Synthetic
- Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Main Object): 6 × 5.4 × 6.7cm (2 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
- 3-D (Part): 7.3 × 6.7 × 2.9cm (2 7/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19870164000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91cf76e0c-dc5f-490e-8959-219fa1ee233d
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