Mission Information
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MISSION_NAME |
INTERNATIONAL HALLEY WATCH
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MISSION_ALIAS |
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MISSION_START_DATE |
1980-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
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MISSION_STOP_DATE |
1992-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
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MISSION_DESCRIPTION |
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MISSION_OBJECTIVES_SUMMARY |
The NASA study suggested that the goals of the IHW should be the following: advocacy, coordination, standardization, and an archive of all the data. Indeed the archive was not to replace the normal interpretation and publication in technical journals. Rather it was to complement those publications by establishing a comprehensive database suitable for further studies requiring reduced but uninterpreted data from observers. The Archive of Periodic Comet Halley has been completed in a CD-ROM or digital version. The comet's reduced observations belong to one of the following disciplines or networks: 1. Astrometry. 2. Infrared Studies. 3. Large-Scale Phenomena. 4. Near Nucleus Studies. 5. Photometry and Polarimetry. 6. Radio Studies. 7. Spectroscopy and Spectrophotometry. 8. Amateur Observations. 9. Meteor Studies The Infrared Studies Network, the Photometry and Polarimetry Network, the Radio Studies Network, the Amateur Observations Network and the Meteor Studies Network are organized into the following subnetworks: Infrared Studies Subnetworks: 2.1. Infrared Photometry. 2.2. Infrared Polarimetry. 2.3. Infrared Spectroscopy. 2.4. Infrared Imaging. Photometry and Polarimetry Subnetworks: 5.1. Broadband Photometry. 5.2. Narrowband Photometry. 5.3. Polarimetry. 5.4. Stokes Parameters Radio Studies Subnetworks: 6.1. Hydroxyl Feature at 18 cm. 6.2. Spectral Line. 6.3. Continuum. 6.4. Occultation. 6.5. Radar Amateur Observations Subnetworks: 8.1. Visual-Appearance Descriptions. 8.2. Drawings. 8.3. Photographs. 8.4. Spectroscopy Meteor Studies Subnetworks: 9.1. Radar 9.2. Visual The evaluation of submitted observations and their selection for the Archive has primarily been the responsibility of the Discipline Specialist Teams in charge of the networks. To expound the process of evaluation, reduction, and formatting of the database, each Discipline Specialist Team has provided network by network, an outline and a data-organization description of both the digital and the printed versions of the Archive.
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REFERENCE_DESCRIPTION |
Brandt, J.C., R.L. Newburn, and L.D. Friedman, 'The International Halley Watch, Report of the Science Working Group,' NASA TM 82181, 1980.
Brandt, J.C., M.B. Niedner, Jr., and J. Rahe, 'The International Halley Watch Atlas of Large-Scale Phenomena', University of Colorado-Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, Colorado, April 1992.
Sekanina, Zdenek (ed.), 'The Comet Halley Archive Summary Volume', Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, JPL D-400-450, August 1991.
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