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The Hitchhiker Parallel Camera and Studies of Faint Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2016

J.B. Jones ,
S.P. Driver ,
J.I. Davies ,
S. Phillipps ,
I. Morgan  and
M.J. Disney
J.B. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB Wales, U.K.
S.P. Driver
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB Wales, U.K.
J.I. Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB Wales, U.K.
S. Phillipps
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB Wales, U.K.
I. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB Wales, U.K.
M.J. Disney
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB Wales, U.K.

Abstract

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The Hitchhiker camera performs CCD imaging of an off-axis field on a 4 m telescope in parallel with the normal on-axis scientific programmes. Using a dichroic beam splitter it images in two colours simultaneously, obtaining deep images in random fields suitable for survey work. Recent research projects have given particular emphasis to studies of faint galaxies and we present new results on the association of faint blue galaxies with candidate giant galaxies.

Type
Part Two: Digital Detectors in Wide-Field Imaging
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 161: Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging , 1994 , pp. 77 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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