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Archiving CCD/Electronic Astronomical Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

David Huenemoerder
David Huenemoerder*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of TechnologyU.S.A.
*
1 Address: NASA Headquarters, Astrophysics Division, Code SZ, Washington, DC 20546

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The availability and advances in two-dimensional electronic detectors, in particular the charge-coupled-devices (CCDs), are a great asset to astronomical imaging and spectroscopy because of their sensitivity, dynamic range, and linearity. In some cases photographic plates still offer an advantage to imaging of large size, but the advent of large format CCDs may make a figure of merit, the area per exposure time, much more favorable for CCDs.

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Joint Commission Meetings
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 9: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIst General Assembly of the IAU, 1991 , 1992 , pp. 713 - 714
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Copyright © Kluwer 1992