The Concept of Limiting Magnitude and the Performance of the Isaac Newton Telescope for Prime Focus Photography

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Sep 1976

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Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 43, Issue 2, pp.469-473

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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A quantitative definition of limiting magnitude for stellar photographs is proposed, together with a method of measurement employing a Racine prism. Limiting magnitudes inU, B andV for the Isaac Newton telescope at Herstmonceux derived from a total of 72 prime focus photographs are presented and the results correlated with the size of the photographed image. The limiting magnitude for an extrapolated value of the seeing of 1″ isB=22m.0, in good agreement with a value obtained by scaling the limiting magnitudes of the 200 inch telescope.

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