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Csoeke-Poeckh, A.

Publications and source records attributed to Csoeke-Poeckh, A..

3 records

NASA NTRS1981

Coronal observations from the SMM satellite

The scientific purpose, coronal observations, and the instrument design and control of the Coronagraph/Polarimeter aboard the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite are discussed. The instruments were made with an optical design using an achromatic objective lens providing a 10 arcsec resolution in imaging and an SEC vidicon detector allowing integration on the low light levels of the corona. The computer control assures flexibility in the observing program to optimize observations of changing solar phenomena and allows rapid response to SMM or ground-commanded solar flare alerts.

Csoeke-Poeckh, A.↗

NASA NTRS1980

The High Altitude Observatory Coronagraph/Polarimeter on the Solar Maximum Mission

The paper examines the High Altitude Observatory Coronagraph/Polarimeter designed to produce images of the solar corona in 7 wavelength bands in the visible spectral range, and to be flown on the NASA Solar Maximum Mission satellite. The spectral bands were chosen to exclude or include 'chromospheric' spectral lines, so as to allow discrimination between ejecta at coronal and chromospheric temperatures. The major goals of the instrument include: (1) observation of the corona in the flare process and of the ejecta from the flare site and the overlying corona, and (2) examination of the evolution of the solar corona near the period of solar maximum activity.

Macqueen, R. M.↗

NASA NTRS1977

Measurement of stray radiance in the High Altitude Observatory's Skylab coronagraph

The paper outlines two techniques used for determining the instrumental stray radiance from orbital results obtained with the Skylab white light coronagraph. The first technique employs images of the lunar disk made near the time of solar eclipse to compare the apparent contrasts of maria and highlands recorded by the coronograph with those of previous studies and then determine the magnitude of the stray radiance and its variation along a radius. The second method determines the azimuthal variation of the stray radiance by measuring the change in the net radiance of a point in the coronal images as the image is rotated.

Csoeke-Poeckh, A.↗