NASA NTRS · 19790046352
Kitt Peak speckle camera
Abstract
The speckle camera in regular use at Kitt Peak National Observatory since 1974 is described in detail. The design of the atmospheric dispersion compensation prisms, the use of film as a recording medium, the accuracy of double star measurements, and the next generation speckle camera are discussed. Photographs of double star speckle patterns with separations from 1.4 sec of arc to 4.7 sec of arc are shown to illustrate the quality of image formation with this camera, the effects of seeing on the patterns, and to illustrate the isoplanatic patch of the atmosphere.
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Breckinridge, J. B., Mcalister, H. A., Robinson, W. G.. 1979-04-01. Kitt Peak speckle camera. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790046352
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