Michael Hart (Hart Scientific Consulting International, L.L.C.), Stuart Jefferies (Hart Scientific Consulting International, L.L.C.), Douglas Hope (Hart Scientific Consulting International, L.L.C.), James Nagy (Emory University), Stacie Williams (Air Force Research Laboratory/RD)
Keywords: daylight imaging, photometry, sky brightness
Abstract:
We report daytime sky brightness measurements recorded in the near infrared from the 3.6 m AEOS telescope. Measurements were made at various positions in the sky and separation angles from the sun. The detector was an InGaAs focal plane array in a FLIR SC6000 camera, with images taken through a 50 nm wide filter centered at 1250 nm as well as without any optical filter. The brightness measurements have been calibrated by reference to observations of a photometric standard star in the same bands. We discuss how these new results are motivated by the selection of optimal techniques for high-resolution imaging of satellites from the AEOS telescope.
Date of Conference: September 9-12, 2014
Track: Poster