Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Detector Utilization And Development At Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)

L. E. Goad; W. F. Ball

doi:10.1117/12.965848

1 January 1981 Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Detector Utilization And Development At Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)

L. E. Goad, W. F. Ball

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Proceedings Volume 0290, Solid-State Imagers for Astronomy; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965848
Event: Solid State Imagers for Astronomy, 1981, Cambridge, United States

Abstract

We review some of the recent CCD detector development projects now in progress at KPNO. An overview is given of our CCD controller systems, which are designed to accept a wide variety of CCD detectors with a minimum amount of modification. The performance characteristics of two currently operational CCD detector systems are summarized -- the cryogenic camera system and the prime-focus CCD system. Finally we give a progress report of the development work now under way in evaluating the performance of two Fairchild CCD-221 detectors.

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L. E. Goad and W. F. Ball "Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Detector Utilization And Development At Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)", Proc. SPIE 0290, Solid-State Imagers for Astronomy, (1 January 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965848

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