Box-folder 5:2
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Contains 46 Results:
Daily total range and daily average of maxima, modes, and minima of seeing, double star observations (Fig. 32), (25.5 cm x 39.5 cm), 1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1961
Height above ground vs normalized microthermal dispersion parameter for 23 June 1961 (Fig. 25), (25.5 cm x 39.5 cm), 1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1961
Nightly effective Polaris aperture - range and average; and, Nightly effective Polaris stellar disc diameter - range and average (Fig. 53),(25.5 cm x 39.5 cm), 1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1961
Nightly average cloud cover; and, Daily range and modal values of seeing, double star observations (Fig. 1),(28 cm x 42 cm), 1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1961
Nightly effective Polaris aperture, range and average; and, Nightly effective Polaris stellar disc diameter, range and average (Fig. 13),(28 cm x 42 cm), 1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1961
Normalized distribution of effective stellar disc diameter (Fig. 14),(28 cm x 42 cm), 1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1961
Relationship of the parameter A/B to the effective stellar disc diameter 2F for the 1.00 and 2.76 arc-second bars of the Polaris telescope (Fig. 12),(28 cm x 42 cm), 1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1961
Individual double star observations, 1961, (10 sheets; 28 cm x 42 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
n.d.
Lincoln National Forest recreation map, U. S. Forest Service, with handwritten notes,(2 copies; 81 cm x 52.5 cm), 1959
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1959
Cloud cover data sheets, (13 sheets; 28 cm x 42 cm), 1960-1961
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
1960-1961
Double stars, chart,(original and 2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
n.d.
Field map of project site by C. F. Capen, (original map, 68.5 cm x 42 cm; 2 copies, 73 cm x 46 cm), September 1960
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment.
Dates:
September 1960
"Apparent angular velocities, for circular orbits, of satellites with both direct and retrograde motion as seen from the sub-satellite point," B. A. Smith, draft and final, (3 charts; 28 x 43 cm), 3 February 1956
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
3 February 1956
"Apparent angular velocities for direct and retrograde motion for orbits from 100 to 1000 miles altitude as seen from the sub-satellite point," B. A. Smith, (original and 2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm), 9 February 1956
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
9 February 1956
"Complete set of Norton's used in satellite search," 8 sheets, (28 cm x 43 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
n.d.
"Illumination at the Earth's surface for stars of apparent magnitude one through fifteen," B. A. Smith,(original, 21.5 cm x 53 cm; 3 copies, 28 cm x 53 cm), 14 March 1956
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
14 March 1956
Magnitude loss on 13-inch and 5-inch telescopes (Lowell Observatory), (56 cm x 71 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
n.d.
Meteor observation rates, (2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
n.d.
Quito telescope shelter plans, 2 sheets,(2 copies; 28 cm x 43.5 cm), ca. 1956
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
ca. 1956
Period and geocentric angular velocity of earth satellites of negligible mass, draft,(28 cm x 43 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
n.d.
Period and sidereal drift of satellites,(original and copy; 28 cm x 40.5 cm and 28 cm x 43 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
n.d.
Satellite height and magnitude, chart by C. F. Capen,(28 cm x 43 cm), 1958
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
1958
Sidereal drift zones, draft and final, (3 charts; 28 cm x 43 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
n.d.
" 6" and 9" zones (west), 1st nite Mar 26 (Tues),"(36 cm x 48.5 cm), ca. 1957
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
ca. 1957
"Sizes of discernible bodies vs. distance," (28 cm x 42 cm), n.d.
File — Box-folder: 5:2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages used in the satellite search.
Dates:
n.d.