Catalogue of Solar Activity During 1958, Volume III
Solar flares, sunspots, radio emissions, solar events, geomagnetic storms, solar-terrestrial effects, and balloon flights for 1958
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Solar flares, sunspots, radio emissions, solar events, geomagnetic storms, solar-terrestrial effects, and balloon flights for 1958
Lunar craters with centrally located peaks - tables and profile graphs
Satellite observations by U.S. and foreign stations during 1960 as part of NASA program
Catalog of homeomorphically irreducible star graphs with cyclomatic number six
World Data Center information on sounding rockets, artificial earth satellites, and space probes - 1 Jan. to 30 Jun. 1969
Handling, processing, and cataloging of films resulting from Apollo 13 flight
Star position and proper motions in south celestial pole region and source dependent systematic deviations in Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory data
The original concept of the international AGK3 program is presented and a report on the methods applied and on the progress of the work is given. The results in the form of revised positions of the AGK2 reduced to the FK4 system, and of AGK3, can be extrapolated easily to earlier epochs, as far back as those of AGK1, and the mean error for these epochs will permit one the deriving of reliable values for systematic corrections of the old catalogs. By using the AGK2/3 positions a general catalog of roughly to the ninth magnitude can be constructed by including large catalogs such as AGK1, AC, and Yale. Thus a new edition of the type of the SAO catalog for the northern hemisphere can be produced.
The measurement or reduction of stars in southern zones is reported. The catalog for the -35 deg to -40 deg zone is rapidly nearing completion. All the reductions and comparisons with other catalogs have been completed. The tables and star charts are being prepared in final form for publication.
The SAO star catalog positions from the GC and the AGK2 and Yale photographic catalogs are compared with the AGK3R catalog. Both catalogs are alleged to be on the system of the FK4. When the differences are considered as accidental errors, the mean errors deduced for positions from the SAO at the epoch 1958.5 range from 0.61 seconds to 0.25 seconds. The systematic differences in right ascension between SAO and AGK3R positions to the north of 60 deg declination indicate that each SAO source represents the FK4 somewhat differently than the AGK3R.
A history and discussion of the photographic star catalog work at the Cape Observatory is given.
A literature search was conducted to assemble a catalog of devices and techniques which have possible application to boundary layer and wake measurements on flight vehicles. The indices used in the search were NACA, NASA STAR, IAA, USGRDR and Applied Science and Technology Index. The period covered was 1950 through 1970. The devices contained in the catalog were restricted to those that provided essentially direct measurement of velocities, pressures and shear stresses. Pertinent material was included in the catalog if it contained either an adequate description of a device and associated performance data or a presentation of applicable information on a particular measurement theory and/or technique. When available, illustrations showing the configuration of the device and test condition data were also included.
A cumulative listing of all scientifically successful rockets that have been identified from various sources is presented. The listing starts with the V-2 rocket launched on 7 March 1947 and contains all rockets identified up to 31 December 1971.
The Mie theory of light scattering by spheres was used to calculate the scattered intensity functions resulting from single scattering in a polydispersed collection of spheres. The distribution used behaves according to the inverse fourth power law; graphs and tables for the angular dependence of the intensity and polarization for this law are given. The effects of the particle size range and the integration increment are investigated.
Theoretical investigation of the possibility of obtaining systematic corrections to star catalogs from observations of artificial satellites. A model is established to represent the system of equations formed when such corrections are determined simultaneously with corrections to the geocentric position of the observer. An analytical expression for the covariance matrix is set up for the two-dimensional (planar) case. The resulting correlations and weights are discussed. Since this method presents an independent way of obtaining the systematic errors in star catalogs, apart from the orientation to the equatorial system, it is related to the measurement of all quantities which depend on star positions. This institutes a completely new principle of obtaining systematic corrections to star catalogs. It is based not on rotation, but on comparing the angle subtended at the satellite by two stars to the angle subtended at the satellite by two points on the surface of the earth.
The method of observation and processing of the prominence spectra are described briefly. The equivalent widths, central intensities, half-widths and Doppler halfwidths are presented of the emission lines of the prominences.
There are no author-identified significant results in this report.