CCD Upgrade of Williston Observatory for Imaging and Spectroscopy for Undergraduate Students

威利斯顿天文台本科生成像与光谱CCD升级

• 批准号: 9251018
• 负责人: C. Sean Sutton
• 金额: $ 2.93万
• 依托单位: Five Colleges Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-15 至 1994-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9251018&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CCD; Upgrade; Williston; Observatory; Imaging

The consortium is purchasing a panoramic solid state optical detector (a Photometrics CCD and auxiliary hardware and software) to install on the 24 inch telescope at the Williston Observatory of Mount Holyoke College. The telescope will be used by students from the Five College Astronomy Department and this upgrade is the next phase of a department-wide effort to provide undergraduate students with hands-on training with modern instrumentation. It will provide training for students in the operation, calibration, and use of CCDs for astronomical imaging and spectroscopy. The Five College Astronomy Department will interface the camera to the telescope and spectrograph, provide a technician for operation and maintenance, develop laboratories for freshman through senior level classes, and involve students in a variety of independent research projects.

该联盟正在购买一台全景固态光学探测器（光度学 CCD 和辅助硬件和软件），安装在曼荷莲学院威利斯顿天文台的 24 英寸望远镜上。 该望远镜将由五学院天文学系的学生使用，此次升级是全系努力的下一阶段，旨在为本科生提供现代仪器的实践培训。 它将为学生提供天文成像和光谱学 CCD 的操作、校准和使用培训。 五学院天文系将把相机与望远镜和摄谱仪连接起来，提供操作和维护技术人员，为新生到高年级课程开发实验室，并让学生参与各种独立研究项目。