A CCD Time-Series Photometer

Details A CCD Time-Series Photometer A CCD Time-Series Photometer

2003-06-01

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306022v1

Astrophys.J. 605 (2004) 846-853

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 7 figures, instrument paper submitted to PASP

Scientific paper

10.1086/382676

We describe a high speed time-series CCD photometer for the prime focus of the 82-in (2.1 m) telescope at McDonald Observatory, and summarize the observational results we have obtained since it was placed into regular use in February, 2002. We compare this instrument with the three-channel time-series photometers we have previously used in the asteroseismological study of pulsating white dwarf stars, which used photomultiplier tubes (PMT) as the detectors. We find the CCD instrument is about 9 times more sensitive than the PMT instruments used on the same telescope for the same exposure time. We can therefore find and measure variable white dwarf stars some 2.4 magnitudes fainter than before, significantly increasing the number of such objects available for study.

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