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Extending Integration Time of a Philips Type 56470 CCD Camera for Use in Telescope Offset Guiding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

C. Maclean
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
W. Tobin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract

We have extended the integration time of a Philips type 56470 video camera to make it useful for visual offset guiding on 0.6- and 1-metre telescopes.

Type
Instruments & Facilities
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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