Accession Number:

ADA139440

Title:

Panoramic Sky Monitor (PANSKY).

Descriptive Note:

Project rept.,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Wardrop,A. J.

Report Date:

1984-01-13

Pagination or Media Count:

59.0

Abstract:

A system has been designed and built for optically detecting clouds at night. Based on a low light level television camera with a fisheye lens, the system can detect clouds either by moonlight or by stellar occultation. The system is integrated with a scheduling program for the Experimental Test System ETS of the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance GEODSS system to allow operations on partly cloudy nights. Author

Descriptors:

• *Cloud cover
• *Night sky
• *Optical detection
• Television cameras
• Low light levels
• Moonlight
• Stars
• Electrooptics
• Monitors
• Optical lenses
• Occultation

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Optical Detection and Detectors
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE