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An ultraviolet auroral imager for the Viking spacecraft
Author(s) -
Anger C. D.,
Babey S. K.,
Broadfoot A. Lyle,
Brown R. G.,
Cogger L. L.,
Gattinger R.,
Haslett James W.,
King R. A.,
McEwen D. J.,
Murphree J. S.,
Richardson E. H.,
Sandel Bill R.,
Smith K.,
Jones A. Vallance
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl014i004p00387
Subject(s) - spacecraft , remote sensing , ultraviolet , physics , optics , polar orbit , astronomy , geology , satellite
The V5 ultraviolet auroral imager is one of a complement of experiments launched into polar orbit aboard the Swedish spacecraft Viking in February of 1986. The imager consists of two intensified wide‐angle f/1 cameras, identical except in passband, with electronic despinning providing exposure times of one second. Critical to electronic despinning is the use of tapered fiber optic bundles to remove distortions generated when the spherical focal surface of the Burch configuration camera is projected onto the plane of the charge coupled detector. Data acquired by V5 are telemetered to a ground station in Kiruna, Sweden for archiving and real time display using a VAX11/750 system.