General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

48.1 cm

Width

17.7 cm

Height

23.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PHOTO SONICS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Burbank

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS CAMERA USED C.1970- C.1992.

Canada

THIS CAMERA WAS PART OF THE OTTAWA RIVER SOLAR OBSERVATORY INSTALLATION. IT WAS USED ON TELESCOPE 930297, AN INSTRUMENT UNIQUE TO CANADA & THE WORLD. THE 1992 RETIREMENT OF THE ORSO SIGNIFIED THE END OF OPTICAL SOLAR PHYSICS RESEARCH AS CONDUCTED BY CDN GOV'T SCIENTISTS- AN AREA OF STUDY CONCENTRATED IN OTTAWA SINCE 1905.

Function

TO RECORD GRAPHIC IMAGES: SPECIFICALLY, WHEN INSTALLED ON TELESCOPE 930297, TO RECORD IMAGES OF THE SUN AND/OR SOLAR ACTIVITY.

Technical

MAIN OF FOUR 35 MM CINE CAMERAS AVAILABLE FOR USE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE TELESCOPE (930297). EACH COULD TAKE EXPOSURES AT RATES CONTINUOUSLY ADJUSTABLE UP TO 2 FRAMES PER SECOND, DEPENDING ON THE PARTICULAR CAMERA & ITS APPLICATION: EXPOSURE TIMES RANGED FROM 1/4-SECOND TO 5 MILLISECONDS. (REF.2, P.9). THIS CAMERA ASSOCIATED WITH THE OBJECTIVE LENS OF THE TELESCOPE. IT TOOK STOP MOTION PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SUN: THE FRAMES WERE SELECTED FROM SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF THE SOLAR DISK. THE RED LIGHT FILTER USED WITH THIS CAMERA WAS NOT RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF THE CAMERA'S DONATION. (AS PER A. GROEN).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Panel front reads in part " ACME/ CAMERA/ STEP MOTOR/ POWER SUPPLY" & " FRAME INTERVAL". / All controls labelled.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A