Up until fairly recently, there wasn’t much information to be found online relating to the Baker-Nunn Cameras. Now, however, there is a veritable ‘shed-load’ of info. Newspapers, scientific articles, SAO station archives… Thanks to the wonders of modern day search technologies it’s all at your fingertips. Enjoy!
Baker-Nunn Camera Documentation
Original patent by James Baker
Original patent by Joseph Nunn
Baker-Nunn Manual – Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1967)
Baker-Nunn Manual – Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1967)
Boller & Chivens – The camera builders
Baker-Nunn Cameras Around the World
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, Calgary, Canada
Fabra-ROA Telescope at Montsec (TFRM), Spain
APT University of New South Wales
Baker-Nunn Cameras in the Media
U of Calgary Asteroid Patrol Backgrounder
Cold War-era Telescope ‘re-enlisted’ to patrol for asteroids
BNC photography at the MoMA in 1967
Canadian Military’s ‘Eye-in-the-sky’
Canadian camera ‘shot’ Russia’s space bomb
3 Ton Camera in Florida Used to Track Satellites
Baker-Nunn image of Comet Bennett in 1970
New Camera Shoots Red Satellite (1958)
RCAF opertes camera for satellite tracking
Suppliers
DFM Engineering’s role in U of Calgary refurbishment
U of Calgary machine played a vital role in transformation of the mount
General Information and History
Event History – F.L. Whipple Observatory
Papers
Optical Tracking of Artificial Satellites (1958)
Sapphire: Canada’s Answer to Space-Based Surveillance of Orbital Objects
Site Details
Site Evalualtion for Laser Satellite Tracking Stations (1976)
NASA Directory of Observation Station Locations