New Developments in Array Technology and Applications : Proceedings of the 167th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 23–27, 1994

Iau Symposium No. 167 Brought Together Researchers Who Use Ccds And Arrays, Designers And Manufacturers Of Ccds And Array Mosaics And Those Who Write The Software To Control These Devices And To Reduce The Large Amounts Of Data Contained In Each Frame. At The Meeting Such Topics As Plans For Applying The New Technology To The New Large Telescopes That Have Been Built Recently And Those Planned In The Near Future, New Developments In Infrared Arrays, Advances And Concerns With The Use Of Ccds In Photometry And Spectroscopy And The Creation Of Large Mosaics In Photometry And Spectroscopy And The Creation Of Large Mosaics Of Chips Which Allow Larger Areas Of The Sky To Be Covered In A Single Frame Were Discussed. There Were Sessions Devoted To The Following Topics: New Developments In Ccd Technology; New Developments In Ir Detector Arrays; Direct Imaging With Ccds And Other Arrays; Spectroscopy With Ccds And Other Arrays; And Large Field Imaging With Array Mosaics. Scientific Results Of Studies Made With This Technology Were Covered In The Poster Sessions. Ccd And Array Detectors Have Become The Detectors Of Choice At All The World's Optical Observatories. Such Instruments On Small University And College Telescopes Have Turned These Telescopes Into Instruments That Can Now Do Observations Which In The Past Were Done Only On The Largest Telescopes. Ccds And Arrays Are Known As `the People's Detector' Because Of Their Ability To Turn Small Telescopes Into True Research Instruments. On Large Telescopes Observations Can Be Made Of Extremely Faint And Crowded Objects That Were Impossible To Observe Before The Advent Of Ccd And Array Technology. The Proceedings Of This Meeting Will Be Useful To All Those Who Are Interested In The Design, Manufacture And Use Of Ccds And Arrays For Astronomical Observations. Edited By A.g. Davis Philip, Kenneth A. Janes And Arthur R. Upgren. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-7 Array Detectors and Instruments for the ESO VLT....Pages 9-17 Design and Fabrication of Large CCDs for the Keck Observatory Deimos Spectrograph....Pages 19-26 Scientific CCD Prospects for 1994 and Beyond....Pages 27-37 New Developments in CCD Technology for the UV-EUV Spectral Range....Pages 39-48 CCD Controllers....Pages 49-56 CCDs in Active Acquisition Systems....Pages 57-66 CCD Development Activities at ESO....Pages 67-68 Infrared Array Detectors: Performance and Prospects....Pages 69-78 The Lick Observatory Two Micron Camera....Pages 79-80 Infrared Arrays at the European Southern Observatory....Pages 81-92 The Impact of Infrared Array Technology on Astronomy....Pages 93-93 Monolithic Si Bolometer Arrays: Detectors for Far Infrared and Submillimeter Detection....Pages 95-96 Observational Concerns and Techniques for High-Background Mid-Infrared (5 – 20 micron) Array Imaging....Pages 97-108 An Infrared Camera Based on a Large PtSi Array....Pages 109-116 PtSi IR Array in Mosaic Configuration....Pages 117-121 CCD Photometry — Present and Future....Pages 123-130 CCD Photometry: Some Basic Concerns....Pages 131-144 Choosing Filters to Make CCD Photometry Transformable to Other Detectors....Pages 145-156 Automated CCD Scanning for near Earth Asteroids....Pages 157-165 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 CCD Time-Series Photometry of Astronomical Sources....Pages 167-172 High Precision Stellar Photometry with CCDs. I....Pages 173-173 High Precision Stellar Photometry with CCDs. II....Pages 175-185 Precision Differential CCD Photometry....Pages 187-196 Array Polarimetry and Optical-Differencing Photometry....Pages 197-205 Cosmic Ray Events and Natural Radioactivity in CCD Cryostats....Pages 207-211 MOCAM: A 4k x 4k CCD Mosaic for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Prime Focus....Pages 213-220 Echelle Spectroscopy with a CCD at Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio....Pages 221-229 NICMOS3 Detector for Spectroscopy....Pages 231-239 Spectral Classification with Array Detectors....Pages 241-250 Spectroscopic Observations of Solar System Objects: Pushing the Limits....Pages 251-261 “Va-et-Vient” (“Back-and-Forth”) CCD Spectroscopy: A New Way to Increase the Limiting Magnitude of Very Large Telescopes....Pages 263-273 Some Problems of Wide-Field Astrometry with a Short-Focus CCD-Astrograph....Pages 275-283 A Dual CCD Mosaic Camera System Searching for Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs)....Pages 285-286 Multi-Fiber Spectroscopy with Wide-Field Telescopes....Pages 287-294 Performance of A 2048 X 2048 Pixel Three-Side-Buttable CCD Designed for Large Focal Planes in Astronomy....Pages 295-296 CCD Mosaic Development for Large Optical Telescopes....Pages 297-308 Highlights of IAU Symposium No. 167....Pages 309-313 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 The Transputer Based CCD Controller at ESO....Pages 317-318 Detector Controllers for the Galileo Telescope: A Progress Report....Pages 319-320 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 The Rutherford-SAAO CCD Controllers and Their Applications....Pages 321-322 CCD Imagers with Enhanced UV Sensitivity for Industrial and Scientific Applications....Pages 323-324 The Large-Field Bright-Star High-Precision CCD Photometer of BAO....Pages 325-326 Effects of Shutter Timing on CCD Photometry....Pages 327-327 Astronomical Applications of CCDs in Hungary - The First Steps and Future Plans....Pages 329-330 A Simple CCD-System for Secondary Alignment of The Spectrum-UV Space Telescope....Pages 331-332 The Modernization of the Pulkovo Photographic (Photoelectric) Vertical Circle by a CCD Array....Pages 333-334 A New Ocular Micrometer for the Mahis....Pages 335-336 Pbs and CCD Array Autocollimationmicrometers for the Infrared Meridian Circle....Pages 337-338 The NOAO CCD Controller - Arcon....Pages 339-340 Intensified Electron-Bombarded CCD Images for Industrial and Scientific Applications....Pages 341-342 The CCDs at ESO: A Systematic Testing Program....Pages 343-344 Development of a 7000 X 4000 Pixel Mosaic CCD Camera....Pages 345-346 The Feasibility of a CCD for an Astrometric Refractor....Pages 347-348 Stellar Positions from CCD Images....Pages 349-350 On the Accuracy of CCD and Photographic Observations of Asteroids and Their Current Orbit Determinations....Pages 351-352 On the Problem of Standard Fields for CCD Astrometry....Pages 353-354 Combined Visual and Near-IR Digital Photometry: The Very Young Cluster Westerlund 2....Pages 355-356 A Dual CCD Mosaic Camera System Searching for Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs)....Pages 357-357 JHK Photometry of Extragalactic Sources Using an Infrared Array Camera....Pages 359-360 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 Precision CCD Photometry of the Horizontal Branch....Pages 361-362 CCD Photometry of the M 67 Cluster in the Vilnius Photometric System....Pages 363-364 Estimation of the Errors Involved in the Intensity Measurement of Low S/N Ratio Emission Lines....Pages 365-366 EEV and Electron Corp. Virtual Phase CCDs in the Near IR Region, He I λ 10830 Å....Pages 367-368 Stellar Photometry with a Perfect CCD....Pages 369-370 Applications of a Realistic Model for CCD Imaging....Pages 371-372 3D: The New Near-Infrared Field Imaging Spectrometer....Pages 373-373 Technical CCD Systems for the ESO Very Large Telescope....Pages 375-376 Back Matter....Pages 377-397 IAU Symposium No. 167 brought together researchers who use CCDs and arrays, designers, and manufacturers of CCDs and Array Mosaics and those who write the software to control these devices and to reduce the large amounts of data contained in each frame. At the meeting, topics such as plans for applying this technology to the new, large telescopes that have been built recently and those planned in the near future, new developments in infrared arrays, advances and concerns with the use of CCDs in photometry and spectroscopy and the creation of large mosaics of chips which allow larger areas of the sky to be covered in a single frame, were discussed. There were sessions devoted to the following topics: New Developments in CCD Technology, New Developments in IR Detector Arrays, Direct Imaging with CCDs and Other Arrays, and Large Field Imaging with Array Mosaics. Scientific results of studies made with this technology were covered in the poster sessions. CCD and Array Detectors have become the detectors of choice at all the world's optical observations. Such instruments on small university and college telescopes have turned these telescopes into instruments that can now do observations which in the past were done only on the largest telescopes. CCDs and Arrays are known as "the people's detector" because of their ability to turn small telescopes into true research instruments. On large telescopes observations can be made of extremely faint and crowded objects that were impossible to observe before the advent of CCD and Array technology. The proceedings of this meeting will be useful to all those who are interested in the design, manufacture and use of CCDs and Arrays for astronomical observations