Photoelectronic device for watching the motion of tiny torsion balance beam

Pugach, AF, Medvedskyi, MM
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2009, 25(3):234-240
Start Page: Instruments and Devices
Language: Russian
Abstract: 

The photoelectronic device to watch the motion of tiny torsion balance beam was created and tested. The device allows one to determine automatically the relative angle position of tiny torsion balance beam and to save the data in computer. The measurements were performed which caught a moment of the partial solar eclipse on 11 September 2007. The measurements supported the fact of a change of the beam position in a moment of the eclipse which was previously established only during visual detection.

Keywords: balance beam