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| Paper: |
A CCD offset guider for the KAO |
| Volume: |
73, Airborne Astronomy Symposium on the Galactic Ecosystem: From Gas to Stars to Dust |
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567 |
| Authors: |
Colgan, Sean W. J.; Erickson, Edwin F.; Haynes, Fredric B.; Rank, David M. |
| Abstract: |
We describe a focal plane guider for the Kuiper Airborne Observatory which consists of a CCD camera interfaced to an AMIGA personal computer. The camera is made by Photometrics Ltd. and utilizes a Thomson 576 x 384 pixel CCD chip operated in Frame Transfer mode. Custom optics produce a scale of 2.4 arc-sec/pixel, yielding an approx. 12 ft. diameter field of view. Chopped images of stars with HST Guide Star Catalog magnitudes fainter than 14 have been used for guiding at readout rates greater than or equal to 0.5 Hz. The software includes automatic map generation, subframing and zooming, and correction for field rotation when two stars are in the field of view. |
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