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Fast Drift-Scan CCD Imaging and Photometry with Small Telescopes: Lunar Occultations and Speckle Interferometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jorge Núñez  and
Octavi Fors
Jorge Núñez
Affiliation:
Departament d’Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona and Observatori Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
Octavi Fors
Affiliation:
Departament d’Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona and Observatori Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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In this paper we show how inherent features of typical CCD cameras can be used for fast (in the order of milliseconds) photometric observations (FPO), even with submeter class telescopes. This is based on a modified drift-scanning technique which we show to be advantageous for such kind of observations. In particular, we successfully carried out some lunar occultations and speckle interferometry observations using this technique. During the year 2000, we registered several occultation events. In particular, we present the occultation of SAO79031. The millisecond photometry of the event allows us subsequent data analysis for stellar diameter estimation and close binary detection. We also show an example of the application of the technique to speckle interferometry observations. Finally, we present the main characteristics of our project to build a new remotely controlled observatory near Barcelona.

Type
VII. Science With Small Telescopes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 183: Small-Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales , 2001 , pp. 309 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001

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