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CCD camera for the 60cm telescope at Kagoshima Space Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

K. Takagishi ,
M. Matsuoka  and
T. Omodaka
K. Takagishi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University 1-1-1 Kirishima, Miyazaki 880, Japan
M. Matsuoka
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153, Japan
T. Omodaka
Affiliation:
College of Liberal Arts, Kagoshima University Kohrimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan

Abstract

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A CCD detector has been developed for photometry and image detection with the 60cm reflector at Kagoshima Space Center. The structure and the manipulation of the instrument were simpified by the use of Peltier devices for cooling the CCD in order to eliminate thermal noise. A micro-computer system is used to control the instrument and process the data. A test observing run has demonstrated that a photometric sensitivity of 20th magnitude in the W band(3800-7000 Å) can be achieved in a 3600sec exposure.

Type
I. Telescopes and Instrumentation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 118: Instrumentation and Research Programmes for Small Telescopes , 1986 , pp. 111 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986