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Application of Image Dissector Photomultipliers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. A. Hoag ,
W. F. Ball  and
D. E. Trumbo
A. A. Hoag
Affiliation:
Kitt Peak National Observatory*Tucson, Arizona
W. F. Ball
Affiliation:
Kitt Peak National Observatory*Tucson, Arizona
D. E. Trumbo
Affiliation:
Kitt Peak National Observatory*Tucson, Arizona

Abstract

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We describe an image dissector photoelectric system that is used for acquisition, guiding, focussing, and photometric monitoring in telescope control. A similar system is used for area scanning and spectrophotometry.

Type
Part II. Auxiliary Telescope Equipment
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 11: Automation in Optical Astrophysics , 1971 , pp. 71 - 85
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Observatory 1971

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