Detail View: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection: H-Alpha #1 Telescope - Skylab Apollo Telescope Mount

Name of Image:	H-Alpha #1 Telescope - Skylab Apollo Telescope Mount
Full Description:	This chart describes the Hydrogen-Alpha (H-Alpha) #1 Telescope, one of eight major solar study facilities on the Skylab Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM). There were two H-Alpha telescopes on the ATM that were used primarily to point the ATM and keep a continuous photographic record during the solar observation periods. Both telescopes gave the Skylab astronauts a real-time picture of the Sun in the red light of the H-Alpha spectrum through a closed-circuit television. The H-Alpha #1 Telescope provided simultaneous photographic and ultraviolet (UV) pictures, while the #2 Telescope operated only in the TV mode. The Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for development of the H-Alpha Telescopes.
Date of Image:	1973-01-01
Category:	Skylab
term:	ATM
facet_what:	Skylab
facet_where:	Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Reference Number:	MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:	0101909
NIX #:	MSFC-0101909
MSFC Negative Number:	0101909
UID:	SPD-MARSH-0101909
original url:	http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1320