Object Details
Manufacturer
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Summary
This is an engineering prototype, a thermal-mechanical unit, of one of two Hydrogen Alpha telescopes flown on the Apollo Telescope Mount designated H-alpha #2. These telescopes provided images of the sun in the red light of the hydrogen alpha line (6563 Angstroms) and were intended to locate areas of interesting solar activity and to aim and align the other solar observation instruments. Both telescopes were equipped to provide TV pictures and one of those (H-alpha #1) also provided a simultaneous photographic record.
NASA transferred the instrument to the NASM in June 1974.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19940092000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
Materials
Telescope - aluminum, brass, gold anodized
Optics - glass
Dimensions
3-D: 146.1 x 22.9 x 34.9cm (57 1/2 x 9 x 13 3/4 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19940092000