Collection Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:gbo-mcdonald:faint_comet_survey::1.0
NAME McDonald Observatory Faint Comet Spectro-Photometric Survey (PDS4 Format)
TYPE Data
DESCRIPTION This study presents spectral data from 152 observations of 17 comets obtained using an Intensified Dissector Scanner spectrograph at the McDonald Observatory. A full description of these data and the reduction process, along with Haser model production rates can be found in Cochran et al. (1992). These data were migrated from the PDS3 dataset EAR-C-MCDIDS-3-RDR-MCDNLD-V1.0.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA Groundbased Observations at McDonald Observatory Archive Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) No DOI found. (from parent bundle)
AUTHOR LIST Cochran, A.L.; Barker, E.S.; Ramseyer, T.F.; Storrs, A.D.
EDITOR LIST Tholen, D.
PUBLICATION YEAR 2019
DESCRIPTION This study presents spectral data from 152 observations of 17 comets obtained using an Intensified Dissector Scanner spectrograph at the McDonald Observatory. A full description of these data and the reduction process, along with Haser model production rates can be found in Cochran et al. (1992). These data were migrated from the PDS3 dataset EAR-C-MCDIDS-3-RDR-MCDNLD-V1.0.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 1981-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
STOP DATE TIME 1989-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME
LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME
SOLAR LONGITUDE
PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE SCIENCE
PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL Derived
PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION
PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE
PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN
PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME Flux Measurements
INVESTIGATION NO SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT McDonald Observatory
2.7m Telescope
Image Dissector Scanner
TARGET MULTIPLE COMETS
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A'Hearn, M.F., D.G. Schleicher, R.L. Millis, P.D. Feldman and D.T. Thompson, 1984. Comet Bowell 1980b. Astronomical Journal, 89, 579-591.

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Cochran, A.L., A Reevaluation of the Haser Model Scale Lengths in Comets, Astron. J., 90, 2609, 1986.

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Cochran, A. L., Barker, E. S., Ramseyer, T. F., and Storrs, A. D., The McDonald Observatory Faint Comet Survey: Gas Production in 17 Comets, Icarus 98, No. 2, 151-162, 1992.

Haser, L., Distribution d'Intensite dans la tete d'une comete, Bull. Acad. R. Belgique, Classes des Sciences, Ser. 5, 43, 740, 1957.

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Storrs, A.D., A.L. Cochran, and E.S. Barker, Spectrophotometry of the Continuum in 18 Comets, Icarus 98, No 2, 163, 1992.

Cochran, A.L., Barker, E.S., Ramseyer, T.F. and Storrs, A.D., MCDONALD OBSERVATORY FAINT COMET SPECTRO-PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY, (D. Tholen, ed.), EAR-C-MCDIDS-3-RDR-MCDNLD-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2000.