William Livingston places a Westinghouse image orthicon tube in a camera

Using a high sensitivity tube with a "built-in" memory at the Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona to help astronomers learn more about distant stars. William Livingston places a Westinghouse image orthicon tube in a camera in the observing room of the world's largest solar telescope.  The tube, similar to the type used in a television camera, is used with the telescope's spectroscope to photograph weak stellar spectra at night.  The orthicon tube translates a light image into a video signal which can be displayed on a monitor and photographed for additional study., Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: Using a high sensitivity tube with a "built-in" memory at the Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona to help astronomers learn more about distant stars. William Livingston places a Westinghouse image orthicon tube in a camera in the observing room of the world's largest solar telescope. The tube, similar to the type used in a television camera, is used with the telescope's spectroscope to photograph weak stellar spectra at night. The orthicon tube translates a light image into a video signal which can be displayed on a monitor and photographed for additional study.
Subject(s): Equipment and supplies
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Livingston, W. C. (William Charles)
Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: Livingston William F1