The UH Wide Field Imager

Klaus W.HodappAST-0096833夏威夷大学位于莫纳克亚的2.2米里奇-克雷蒂安宽视场望远镜的性能将通过建造和应用宽带光学系统减焦器来显著提高，以使视场和望远镜分辨率与新的8Kx8K CCD焦平面的像素尺寸精确匹配。这一新的能力仪器将使搜索近地天体、柯伊伯带天体的统计研究、年轻恒星的可变性研究、搜索高红移超新星成为可能。

Klaus W. HodappAST-0096833The performance of the 2.2 meter Ritchy-Chretien wide field telescope of the University of Hawaii on Mauna Kea will be improved significantly by building and applying a broad-band optical system focal reducer to accurately match the field of view and the telescope resolution to the pixel sizes of a new 8Kx8K CCD focal plane. This new-capability instrument will enable searches for near-earth-objects, statistical studies of Kuiper belt objects, studies of the variability of young stars, searches for high red-shift supernovae.***