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Speckle Observations with a Photon Counting Detector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

P. R. Wood*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University

Abstract

A description of the production of astronomical speckles is given in terms of elementary physical principles. Using simple probability arguments, estimâtes are made of signal-to-noise requirements and magnitude limits for détection; data réduction techniques are discussed. A speckle System used on the AAT (Anglo-Australian Télescope) with the IPCS as detector is described.

Type
Invited Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1985

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