Infrared astronomy from the Moon

Details Infrared astronomy from the Moon Infrared astronomy from the Moon

Mar 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988faom.work...85l&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Future Astronomical Observatories on the Moon p 85-87 (SEE N89-15810 07-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Infrared Astronomy, Lunar Bases, Lunar Environment, Lunar Observatories, Absorptance, Astronomical Observatories, Infrared Absorption, Lunar Gravitation, Water Vapor

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The Moon offers some remarkable opportunities for performing infrared astronomy. Although the transportation overhead can be expected to be very large compared with that for facilities in Earth orbit, certain aspects of the lunar environment should allow significant simplifications in the design of telescopes with background limited performance, at least in some parts of the thermal infrared spectrum. Why leave the Earth to perform infrared astronomy is addressed as is the reasons for going all the way to the Moon for its environment.

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