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Robotic Lunar Observatory

Observatory funded by NASA

Summary

Observatory funded by NASA

Field	Value
name	Robotic Lunar Observatory
organization	NASA and USGS
location	Flagstaff, Arizona
coords
altitude	2146 m
established
observations ceased
website
telescope1_name	unnamed telescopes
telescope1_type	20 cm reflector (×2)

The Robotic Lunar Observatory (ROLO) is an astronomical observatory funded by NASA and located at the United States Geological Survey Flagstaff Science Campus atop McMillan Mesa in Flagstaff, Arizona. Its purpose is to enable the Moon to be used as a radiometric calibration reference for Earth-orbiting remote-sensing spacecraft instruments. The ROLO project is currently ongoing, but the program ceased observations in September 2003. The facility is maintained for calibration and instrument characterization purposes. It consists of two 20 cm Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes attached to an equatorial mount made by DFM Engineering. One telescope is fitted with a sensor optimized for visible and near-infrared (VNIR) wavelengths, while the other is tuned to short-wavelength infrared (SWIR). The VNIR camera began operations in 1995 and the SWIR camera in 1997.

References

"Lunar Calibration – USGS RObotic Lunar Observatory (ROLO)".
(1999). "Photometry at the Robotic Lunar Observatory in Flagstaff". Precision CCD Photometry.
(2005). "The Spectral Irradiance of the Moon". Astronomical Journal.

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