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An efficient astronomical image intensified television acquisition and guiding system

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posted on 2023-05-27, 08:27 authored by Boersma, Jan Ferdinand Jourke
A four field television star acquisition and guiding system incorporating image intensification has been designed, constructed and evaluated. The system which includes a 152mm objective, a three stage cascaded electrostatic image intensifier, a newvicon target low light level television camera is mounted on the 1.04 metre reflecting telescope of the Canopus Hill Observatory near Hobart. An extensive testing programme on fields of 3¬¨Œ©, 9, 25 and 60 arc min has yielded the excellent results of a limiting sensitivity of 13 vﬥ .7 and a resolution in the 3¬¨Œ© arc min. field of 1.4 arc sec. Some proposals are discussed to push these limits even further.

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Copyright 1980 the Author - The University is continuing to endeavour to trace the copyright owner(s) and in the meantime this item has been reproduced here in good faith. We would be pleased to hear from the copyright owner(s). Thesis (M.Sc.) -- University of Tasmania, 1981. Includes bibliographical references

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