Diffraction-limited CCD imaging with faint reference stars

被引:40
作者
Tubbs, RN
Baldwin, JE
Mackay, CD
Cox, GC
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cavendish Astrophys Grp, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[3] Nord Opt Telescope, E-38700 Santa Cruz De La Palma, Canarias, Spain
关键词
techniques : high angular resolution instrumentation : detectors; globular clusters : individual : M 13;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20020477
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 [天文学];
摘要
By selecting short exposure images taken using a CCD with negligible readout noise we obtained essentially diffraction-limited 810 nm images of faint objects using nearby reference stars brighter than I=16 at a 2.56 m telescope. The FWHM of the isoplanatic patch for the technique is found to be 50 arcseconds, providing similar to20% sky coverage around suitable reference stars.
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页码:L21 / L24
页数:4
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