NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
Solar disk sextant optical configurationIn this paper the performance of a plausible configuration for the solar disk sextant, an instrument to be used to monitor the solar diameter, is evaluated. Overall system requirements are evaluated, and tolerable uncertainties are obtained. It is concluded that by using a beam splitting wedge, a folded optics design can be used to measure the solar diameter to an accuracy of 10 to the -6th, despite the greater aberrations present in such optical systems.
Document ID
19840047149
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Chiu, H.-Y. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Maier, E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Schatten, K. H. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Sofia, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 15, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 23
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
84A29936
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.

Related Records

There are no records associated with this record.
No Preview Available