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CQUEAN II System Design: New Auto-guiding System

  • Choi, Nahyun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Hye-In (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Pak, Soojong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ji, Tae-Geun (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jeong, Byeongjoon (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Bae, Min K. (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Im, Myungshin (CEOU/Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2013.10.08
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Abstract

Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (CQUEAN) is an optical CCD camera developed by the Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU). In 2010 August, CQUEAN was attached on the 2.1m Otto Struve Telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, USA. As the main purpose of CQUEAN is detecting the Lyman breaks of redshift ~5 quasars, it is sensitive to near-infrared wavelengths (0.7-1.0 ${\mu}m$). For the auto-guiding system, it is using a rotating guide arm to find guide stars on the Cassegrain off-axis focus of the telescope. We plan to upgrade a new filter wheel system consists of a series of narrow band filters. We will install this independent auto-guiding units on the finder scope, which makes rooms on the Cassegrain focal plane of the main telescope. In this presentation we present the system architecture of the CQUEAN Auto-guiding Package (CAP).

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