New Developments in Array Technology and Applications: Proceedings of the 167th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 23–27, 1994

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-7
Array Detectors and Instruments for the ESO VLT....Pages 9-17
Design and Fabrication of Large CCDs for the Keck Observatory Deimos Spectrograph....Pages 19-26
Scientific CCD Prospects for 1994 and Beyond....Pages 27-37
New Developments in CCD Technology for the UV-EUV Spectral Range....Pages 39-48
CCD Controllers....Pages 49-56
CCDs in Active Acquisition Systems....Pages 57-66
CCD Development Activities at ESO....Pages 67-68
Infrared Array Detectors: Performance and Prospects....Pages 69-78
The Lick Observatory Two Micron Camera....Pages 79-80
Infrared Arrays at the European Southern Observatory....Pages 81-92
The Impact of Infrared Array Technology on Astronomy....Pages 93-93
Monolithic Si Bolometer Arrays: Detectors for Far Infrared and Submillimeter Detection....Pages 95-96
Observational Concerns and Techniques for High-Background Mid-Infrared (5 – 20 micron) Array Imaging....Pages 97-108
An Infrared Camera Based on a Large PtSi Array....Pages 109-116
PtSi IR Array in Mosaic Configuration....Pages 117-121
CCD Photometry — Present and Future....Pages 123-130
CCD Photometry: Some Basic Concerns....Pages 131-144
Choosing Filters to Make CCD Photometry Transformable to Other Detectors....Pages 145-156
Automated CCD Scanning for near Earth Asteroids....Pages 157-165
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
CCD Time-Series Photometry of Astronomical Sources....Pages 167-172
High Precision Stellar Photometry with CCDs. I....Pages 173-173
High Precision Stellar Photometry with CCDs. II....Pages 175-185
Precision Differential CCD Photometry....Pages 187-196
Array Polarimetry and Optical-Differencing Photometry....Pages 197-205
Cosmic Ray Events and Natural Radioactivity in CCD Cryostats....Pages 207-211
MOCAM: A 4k x 4k CCD Mosaic for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Prime Focus....Pages 213-220
Echelle Spectroscopy with a CCD at Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio....Pages 221-229
NICMOS3 Detector for Spectroscopy....Pages 231-239
Spectral Classification with Array Detectors....Pages 241-250
Spectroscopic Observations of Solar System Objects: Pushing the Limits....Pages 251-261
“Va-et-Vient” (“Back-and-Forth”) CCD Spectroscopy: A New Way to Increase the Limiting Magnitude of Very Large Telescopes....Pages 263-273
Some Problems of Wide-Field Astrometry with a Short-Focus CCD-Astrograph....Pages 275-283
A Dual CCD Mosaic Camera System Searching for Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs)....Pages 285-286
Multi-Fiber Spectroscopy with Wide-Field Telescopes....Pages 287-294
Performance of A 2048 X 2048 Pixel Three-Side-Buttable CCD Designed for Large Focal Planes in Astronomy....Pages 295-296
CCD Mosaic Development for Large Optical Telescopes....Pages 297-308
Highlights of IAU Symposium No. 167....Pages 309-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
The Transputer Based CCD Controller at ESO....Pages 317-318
Detector Controllers for the Galileo Telescope: A Progress Report....Pages 319-320
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
The Rutherford-SAAO CCD Controllers and Their Applications....Pages 321-322
CCD Imagers with Enhanced UV Sensitivity for Industrial and Scientific Applications....Pages 323-324
The Large-Field Bright-Star High-Precision CCD Photometer of BAO....Pages 325-326
Effects of Shutter Timing on CCD Photometry....Pages 327-327
Astronomical Applications of CCDs in Hungary - The First Steps and Future Plans....Pages 329-330
A Simple CCD-System for Secondary Alignment of The Spectrum-UV Space Telescope....Pages 331-332
The Modernization of the Pulkovo Photographic (Photoelectric) Vertical Circle by a CCD Array....Pages 333-334
A New Ocular Micrometer for the Mahis....Pages 335-336
Pbs and CCD Array Autocollimationmicrometers for the Infrared Meridian Circle....Pages 337-338
The NOAO CCD Controller - Arcon....Pages 339-340
Intensified Electron-Bombarded CCD Images for Industrial and Scientific Applications....Pages 341-342
The CCDs at ESO: A Systematic Testing Program....Pages 343-344
Development of a 7000 X 4000 Pixel Mosaic CCD Camera....Pages 345-346
The Feasibility of a CCD for an Astrometric Refractor....Pages 347-348
Stellar Positions from CCD Images....Pages 349-350
On the Accuracy of CCD and Photographic Observations of Asteroids and Their Current Orbit Determinations....Pages 351-352
On the Problem of Standard Fields for CCD Astrometry....Pages 353-354
Combined Visual and Near-IR Digital Photometry: The Very Young Cluster Westerlund 2....Pages 355-356
A Dual CCD Mosaic Camera System Searching for Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs)....Pages 357-357
JHK Photometry of Extragalactic Sources Using an Infrared Array Camera....Pages 359-360
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Precision CCD Photometry of the Horizontal Branch....Pages 361-362
CCD Photometry of the M 67 Cluster in the Vilnius Photometric System....Pages 363-364
Estimation of the Errors Involved in the Intensity Measurement of Low S/N Ratio Emission Lines....Pages 365-366
EEV and Electron Corp. Virtual Phase CCDs in the Near IR Region, He I λ 10830 Å....Pages 367-368
Stellar Photometry with a Perfect CCD....Pages 369-370
Applications of a Realistic Model for CCD Imaging....Pages 371-372
3D: The New Near-Infrared Field Imaging Spectrometer....Pages 373-373
Technical CCD Systems for the ESO Very Large Telescope....Pages 375-376
Back Matter....Pages 377-397