The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 35 Issue 1
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- Pages.90.2-90.2
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- 2010
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Lunar Sodium Observations at the Kyung-Hee Observatory
- Lee, Dong-Wook (School of Space Research, Kyung-Hee University) ;
- Chun, Kyung-Won (School of Space Research, Kyung-Hee University) ;
- Kim, Sang-Joon (School of Space Research, Kyung-Hee University)
- Published : 2010.04.06
Abstract
Lunar sodium observations are being prepared by a group of WCU scientists at the Kyung-Hee Observatory. We have been working on 3-D Monte Carlo simulations of the lunar sodium exosphere since 2009, and we need to obtain additional sodium images in order to constrain our models. Using a newly-designed simple coronagraph which is optimized for lunar observations, we plan to make direct sodium image observations. We present the structure of the planned coronagraph, optical-image observation plans, and spectroscopic observation plans of the lunar tail. We will also present updated results from the 3-D Monte Carlo simulations.
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