A Large-Format CCD Detector for Ritter Observatory

正在为里特天文台购买一种新的电荷耦合装置探测器系统提供支持，该系统具有大幅面（770 x 1152像素）芯片和增强的蓝色灵敏度。该探测器将与现有的梯队摄谱仪一起使用，提供现有CCD可能提供的四倍波长覆盖范围（积分时间相等），并允许在比目前可能的更短的波长上进行观测。目前有3-4名教职员工，4-6名硕士和博士研究生，6-8名物理专业本科生参与了里特望远镜的观测项目。大画幅CCD将增加在早期恒星大气、星际物质和恒星色球等领域的研究机会。由于事先购买了同类CCD系统，许多部件（计算机、软件、图像显示）无需重复。这个奖项由托莱多大学提供。

Support is being provided to purchase a new Charge Coupled Device detector system for Ritter Observatory with a large format (770 x 1152 pixels) chip and enhanced blue sensitivity. This detector will be used with an existing echelle spectrograph to provide four times the wavelength coverage (with equal integration time) possible with the present CCD, and would permit observations at shorter wavelengths than is presently possible. Presently 3-4 faculty members, 4-6 M.S. and Ph.D. level graduate students, and 6-8 undergraduate Physics majors are involved with observing projects with the Ritter telescope. A large-format CCD will enhance research opportunities in the areas such as early-type stellar atmospheres, interstellar material, and stellar chromospheres. Due to prior purchased of similar CCD system, many components (computer, software, image display) need not be duplicated. This award is being matched by the University of Toledo.