Television Pictures of the Lunar Surface by Earthshine

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 77, No. 4, pp. 351–353
Abstract: The Surveyor spacecraft TV camera has been modified to provide a light integration capability, or bulb mode, to obtain pictures of the lunar surface with only the light reflected from the earth's disc as the illuminating source. The objective is to take pictures of the lunar surface in the event of pre-sunrise landings, but other purposes soon became apparent. Compared with the original Surveyor camera's capability to view stars down to a magnitude of 2, the integrated-mode design allows stars to be viewed down to magnitude 6, with a theoretical limit of magnitude 8. Another interesting application is the detection of the extent of radiation of the corona at various radii from the edge of the solar disc after sunset.
Publication Date: 1968-04-01
DOI: 10.5594/J05833
ISSN: Print: 0361-4573
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J05833
Author(s): L. E. BlanchardSpace Systems Div., Hughes Aircraft Co., Bldg. 366, MS A 1050, P. O. Box 90919, Los Angeles, Calif. 90009.
Copyright: © 1968 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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Unit and System Design of a Lunar Operating TV Camera [Active]
Image Gradation, Graininess and Sharpness in Television and Motion-Picture Systems: Part IV, A & B: Image Analysis in Photographic and Television Systems (Definition and Sharpness) [Active]
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4. Jaffe L. D. , Surveyor I Mission Report: Pt. II, Scientific Data and Results , Tech. Rep. No. 32–1032, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, Calif . EXTERNAL
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