NASA NTRS · 19840057503
Atmospheric emissions photometric imaging experiment
Abstract
The atmospheric emissions photometric imaging experiment was flown on Spacelab 1 to study faint natural and artificial atmospheric emission phenomena. The instrument imaged optical emission in the region 2000 to 7500 angstroms with a television system consisting of two optical channels, one wide-angle and one telephoto. A third optical channel imaged onto the photocathode of a microchannel plate photomultiplier tube that has 100 discrete anodes. A hand-held image intensifier camera with an objective grating permitted spectral analysis of the earth's airglow and the Shuttle glow. Preliminary data show magnesium ion emission features in the lower ionosphere as well as the spacecraft glow spectrum.
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Mende, S. B., Swenson, G. R., Clifton, K. S.. 1984-07-13. Atmospheric emissions photometric imaging experiment. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840057503
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