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The Modernization of the Pulkovo Photographic (Photoelectric) Vertical Circle by a CCD Array

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

G. A. Goncharov
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory
B. K. Bagildinsky
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory
E. V. Kornilov
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory
D. D. Polojentsev
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory
K. V. Rumyantsev
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory
V. D. Shkutov
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory

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The Zverev photographic vertical circle (PVC) of the Pulkovo observatory is in the process of modernization. The features of the vertical circle are:

  1. a) Maksutov mirror-lens optical system with small aberrations and wide passband: aperture: 20 cm, focal length: 200 cm, focal scale: 103 arcsec/mm.

  2. b) Very compact instrument: 140 cm total length, 60 cm — tube.

  3. c) Wide field: 25 × 25 mm = 40′ × 40′. Wide-field imaging can be combined with meridian observations.

  4. d) Easily-reversible instrument: reversing takes less than 30 seconds.

  5. e) Two divided vertical circles of glass. Photoelectric circle reading microscopes.

  6. f) Photographic micrometer in focal plane. This will be changed with a CCD micrometer.

Type
Section II — Poster Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

References

Hoeg, E. 1995 in IAU Symposium No. 166, Astronomical and Astrophysical Objectives, Kluewer Academic Pub., in press.Google Scholar
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