Spectrograph Camera, Grazing Incidence, Skylab
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Summary
- This is the flight backup to the grazing incidence photographic spectrograph used on Skylab (Experiment S020). The spectrograph was mounted in the solar airlock of the Orbital Workshop. It recorded x-ray and uv solar spectra. An astronaut employed a small telescope mounted at the side to place an image of the sun on the entrance slit of the instrument. A thin metallic film blocked visible sunlight allowing uv and x-ray energy through to a large diffraction grating at a very shallow grazing angle. The resulting dispersed spectrum was recorded on photographic film. Dr. Richard Tousey of the Naval Research Laboratory was the Principal Investigator for this experiment. The instrument was transferred from NASA's Johnson Manned Space Center in 1982.
- Credit Line
- Transferrred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19820459000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Anodized Aluminum
- Aluminum
- Glass
- Steel
- Synthetics
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 30.5 × 48.3 × 24.1cm, 11.3kg (1 ft. × 1 ft. 7 in. × 9 1/2 in., 25lb.)
- Storage (Rehoused on aluminum pallet with three other objects): 152.4 × 152.4 × 83.8cm, 150.6kg (5 ft. × 5 ft. × 2 ft. 9 in., 332lb.)
- 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_A19820459000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a9b1faab-12e4-4a14-b670-00571c4b9263
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