The Ritter Observatory Public Archive of the Moon


Sample échelle spectrum of the Moon in the 8660 Angstrom region.

File names are in the form: observation date followed by serial number, followed by file extension .fits, as in YYMMDD.NNN.fits prior to the year 2000 and YYYYMMDD.NNN.fits after.

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Below are two sample spectra of the moon covering the range wavelength 7780-9110 Angstroms divided among five apertures.

  • 941218.014.fits
  • 970520.021.fits

    The following compressed files contain all Ritter spectra of the moon covering the 7780-9110 Angstroms range.

  • Moon.tar.Z
  • Moon.zip

    Below is an échelle spectra of the moon covering the wavelength range 4650-6100 Angstroms divided among twelve apertures.

  • 960327.012.fits

    Below is an échelle spectra of the moon covering the usul wavelength range 5286-6597 Angstroms divided among nine apertures.

  • 961116.012.fits
    Document custodians: Dan Kittell Greg Thompson

    Page last updated: 11/16/05