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CCD Imaging by a 1° Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2016

R.-J. Dettmar ,
B.A. Skiff  and
K.M. Xilouris
R.-J. Dettmar
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.
B.A. Skiff
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, U.S.A.
K.M. Xilouris
Affiliation:
University of Crete, Physics Dept., Heraklion 714 09, Crete, Greece

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At most research telescopes, the physical size of CCDs currently still restricts the accessible field-of-view. However, for galactic as well as extragalactic work a field significantly larger than the typical 15′ is needed to study objects with large angular extent. In particular, this is desirable for objects that are well studied in other wavelength regimes such as the radio or FIR. High quality surface photometry of structures ≥ 40′ can be obtained by using CCDs with telescopes of short focal lengths.

Type
Part Two: Digital Detectors in Wide-Field Imaging
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 161: Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging , 1994 , pp. 79 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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