Instrumentation

Computers are used for guiding the telescope, changing filters, image acquisition and image analysis. Here, Jeff Morgan operates the controls. A 1024x1024-pixel cryogenically-cooled CCD camera is mounted just below the primary mirror. Filters are mounted on a computer-controlled slide device for use in astronomical photometry. A low resolution fiber-fed spectrograph is also available.

 

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