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First Results for CCD Observations with the 70 cm Meniscus Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Omar M. Kurtanidze  and
Teimuraz M. Kvernadze
Omar M. Kurtanidze
Affiliation:
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, 383762 Abastumani, Republic of Georgia
Teimuraz M. Kvernadze
Affiliation:
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, 383762 Abastumani, Republic of Georgia

Abstract

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From the middle of 1993, a ST-6 CCD Camera (375 × 242 array with 23 × 27 microns pixel size) was mounted at the Newtonian focus (f/3) of the 70 cm meniscus telescope of the Abastumani Observatory. The photometer is now equipped with various sets of narrow-band interference, intermediate and wide band standard niters. Some pilot observations were carried out in direct imaging mode and in combination with an 8° objective prism (166 Å mm−1 at Hγ). Spectrophotometric standard stars with absolute calibrations were observed in the 8° mode to determine the CCD spectral response. Some other observations were performed with a prism-interference filter combination to estimate the observational mode efficiency.

Type
III. The Use of CCDs in Schmidt Telescopes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 148: The Future Utilisation of Schmidt Telescopes , 1995 , pp. 56 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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