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Skylab White Light Coronograph in FITS Format

MacQueen, Robert M. (2025). Skylab White Light Coronograph in FITS Format [Data set]. Space Physics Data Facility. https://doi.org/10.48322/07fv-b008 .

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/Skylab/WhiteLightCoronograph

Description

This data set contains Skylab SO-52 whitelight coronagraph FITS images, as originally posted at UCAR/HAO. Four types of data are provided: intensity of the corona in B/Bsun units, alpha-angle data, polarization data, and polarization brightness data. The data have been corrected for Earths elliptic orbit around the sun.

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/Skylab/WhiteLightCoronograph
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Skylab White Light Coronograph in FITS Format
AlternateName
Skylab S052 Data
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/07fv-b008
ReleaseDate
2026-07-21 12:07:12Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2021-03-29 17:14:50Z
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-08-05 13:12:32Z
Note
Added ObservedRegion(s). ZCB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-11-14 16:02:54Z
Note
Added PublicationInfo. Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. ZCB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:31:27Z
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Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Updated to 2.7.1. ZCB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-02-13 20:35:47Z
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Added DOI. tlk
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-07-21 12:07:12Z
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Added HelioData InformationURL. JWL
Description

This data set contains Skylab SO-52 whitelight coronagraph FITS images, as originally posted at UCAR/HAO. Four types of data are provided: intensity of the corona in B/Bsun units, alpha-angle data, polarization data, and polarization brightness data. The data have been corrected for Earths elliptic orbit around the sun.

Acknowledgement
The assistance of Dr. O.C. St. Cyr at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is gratefully acknowledged in supplying SPDF with a copy of these data.
PublicationInfo
Authors
MacQueen, Robert M.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:02:54Z
PublishedBy
Space Physics Data Facility
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Robert.M.MacQueen
InformationURL
Name
Description of the Skylab whitelight coronagraph FITS images
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/skylab/whitelight_coronagraph/documents/
Description

Holdings of calibrated images of Skylab White Light Coronograph Data in FITS Format

InformationURL
Name
HelioData
URL
https://helio.data.nasa.gov/dataset/Skylab_WhiteLightCoronograph
Description

The HelioData dataset page provides an overview of the dataset with access links, associated variables, and more.

PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Skylab/WhiteLightCoronograph
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers)
URL
ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/skylab/whitelight_coronagraph/calibrated_fits_images/
Description

In FITS via FTP from SPDF

AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/skylab/whitelight_coronagraph/calibrated_fits_images/
Description

In FITS via HTTP from SPDF

Format
FITS
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Skylab/White_Light_Coronograph
MeasurementType
ImageIntensity
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1973-05-28 00:00:00Z
StopDate
1974-02-03 23:59:59Z
ObservedRegion
Sun.Corona