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http://dx.doi.org/10.5303/JKAS.2011.44.4.115

AUTO-GUIDING SYSTEM FOR CQUEAN (CAMERA FOR QUASARS IN EARLY UNIVERSE)  

Kim, Eun-Bin (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
Park, Won-Kee (CEOU/Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University)
Jeong, Hyeon-Ju (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Jin-Young (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
Kuehne, John (McDonald Observatory, Univ. of Texas at Austin)
Kim, Dong-Han (Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Han-Geun (Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Odoms, Peter S. (McDonald Observatory, Univ. of Texas at Austin)
Chang, Seung-Hyuk (Samsung Electronics)
Im, Myung-Shin (CEOU/Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University)
Pak, Soo-Jong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society / v.44, no.4, 2011 , pp. 115-123 More about this Journal
Abstract
To perform imaging observations of optically red objects such as high redshift quasars and brown dwarfs, the Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU) recently developed an optical CCD camera, Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (CQUEAN), which is sensitive at 0.7-1.1 ${\mu}m$. To enable observations with long exposures, we develop an auto-guiding system for CQUEAN. This system consists of an off-axis mirror, a baffle, a CCD camera, a motor and a differential decelerator. To increase the number of available guiding stars, we design a rotating mechanism for the off-axis guiding camera. The guiding field can be scanned along the 10 arcmin ring offset from the optical axis of the telescope. Combined with the auto-guiding software of the McDonald Observatory, we confirm that a stable image can be obtained with an exposure time as long as 1200 seconds.
Keywords
instrumentation: CCD camera; techniques: photometric; telescopes; auto-guiding;
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