Abstract

An instrument for recording extreme ultraviolet television images of the sun was flown in the Apollo Telescope Mount on Skylab. Solar radiation in the 171–630 Å wavelength range, defined by the transmission band of three thin-film aluminum filters, was focused onto a p-quaterphenyl photon conversion layer by a platinum-coated mirror at normal incidence. The conversion layer was attached to the faceplate of a low light level SEC vidicon. An onboard video monitor enabled the Skylab crews to observe the images in realtime and to identify and follow the development of solar features. Images were also transmitted to the mission control center, where they were used in planning the ATM observing schedule.

© 1977 Optical Society of America

Extreme Ultraviolet Solar Images Televised In-Flight with a Rocket-Borne SEC Vidicon System

R. Tousey and I. Limansky
Appl. Opt. 11(5) 1025-1031 (1972)

Observing and recording instantaneous images on ATM television monitors

N. P. Patterson, R. Tousey, and W. A. Delamere
Appl. Opt. 16(4) 922-925 (1977)

Skylab simulator visual displays and training for joint observing programs

Alan C. Holt and Anibal J. da Silva
Appl. Opt. 16(4) 950-960 (1977)

Extreme ultraviolet spectroheliograph ATM experiment S082A

R. Tousey, J.-D. F. Bartoe, G. E. Brueckner, and J. D. Purcell
Appl. Opt. 16(4) 870-878 (1977)

Apollo Telescope Mount of Skylab: an overview

R. Tousey
Appl. Opt. 16(4) 825-836 (1977)