The Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE) Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Camera System

Ian S. McLean; W. A. Cormack; J. T. Herd; C. Aspin

doi:10.1117/12.965853

1 January 1981 The Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE) Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Camera System

Ian S. McLean, W. A. Cormack, J. T. Herd, C. Aspin

Proceedings Volume 0290, Solid-State Imagers for Astronomy; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965853
Event: Solid State Imagers for Astronomy, 1981, Cambridge, United States

Abstract

A cooled slow-scan microprocessor-controlled CCD camera system is briefly described. The potential application of this CCD camera to astronomical measurements requiring relatively rapid chopping between two states, such as polarization, is discussed and the results of recent tests are described.

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Ian S. McLean, W. A. Cormack, J. T. Herd, and C. Aspin "The Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE) Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Camera System", Proc. SPIE 0290, Solid-State Imagers for Astronomy, (1 January 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965853

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