Observations of Binary Stars with the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument. I. Instrument Description and First Results

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Jun 2009

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 137, Issue 6, pp. 5057-5067 (2009).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astrometry, Binaries: Close, Binaries: Visual, Instrumentation: High Angular Resolution, Instrumentation: Interferometers, Techniques: High Angular Resolution, Techniques: Interferometric, Techniques: Photometric

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First results of a new speckle imaging system, the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument, are reported. The instrument is designed to take speckle data in two filters simultaneously with two independent CCD imagers. This feature results in three advantages over other speckle cameras: (1) twice as many frames can be obtained in the same observation time which can increase the signal-to-noise ratio for astrometric measurements, (2) component colors can be derived from a single observation, and (3) the two colors give substantial leverage over atmospheric dispersion, allowing for subdiffraction-limited separations to be measured reliably. Fifty-four observations are reported from the first use of the instrument at the Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO 3.5 m Telescope9The WIYN Observatory is a joint facility of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, Yale University, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatories. in 2008 September, including seven components resolved for the first time. These observations are used to judge the basic capabilities of the instrument.

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