Toolkit for testing scientific CCD cameras

Janusz Uzycki; Lech Mankiewicz; Marcin Molak; Grzegorz Wrochna

doi:10.1117/12.674889

26 April 2006 Toolkit for testing scientific CCD cameras

Janusz Uzycki, Lech Mankiewicz, Marcin Molak, Grzegorz Wrochna

Proceedings Volume 6159, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments IV; 61590J (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674889
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments IV, 2005, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

The CCD Toolkit (1) is a software tool for testing CCD cameras which allows to measure important characteristics of a camera like readout noise, total gain, dark current, 'hot' pixels, useful area, etc. The application makes a statistical analysis of images saved in files with FITS format, commonly used in astronomy. A graphical interface is based on the ROOT package, which offers high functionality and flexibility. The program was developed in a way to ensure future compatibility with different operating systems: Windows and Linux. The CCD Toolkit was created for the "Pie of the Sky" project collaboration (2).

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Janusz Uzycki, Lech Mankiewicz, Marcin Molak, and Grzegorz Wrochna "Toolkit for testing scientific CCD cameras", Proc. SPIE 6159, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments IV, 61590J (26 April 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674889

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