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Cameras on the moon with Apollos 15 and 16.Description of the cameras used for photography and television by Apollo 15 and 16 missions, covering a hand-held Hasselblad camera for black and white panoramic views at locations visited by the astronauts, a special stereoscopic camera designed by astronomer Tom Gold, a 16-mm movie camera used on the Apollo 15 and 16 Rovers, and several TV cameras. Details are given on the far-UV camera/spectrograph of the Apollo 16 mission. An electronographic camera converts UV light to electrons which are ejected by a KBr layer at the focus of an f/1 Schmidt camera and darken photographic films much more efficiently than far-UV. The astronomical activity of the Apollo 16 astronauts on the moon, using this equipment, is discussed.
Document ID
19720043880
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Page, T.
(U.S. Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; NASA, Manned Spacecraft Center Houston, Tex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Mercury
Volume: 1
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
72A27546
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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