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Observations of Spectroscopic Binaries with a Solid-State Detector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Francis Fekel Jr. ,
Claud H. Lacy  and
J. Tomkin
Francis Fekel Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
Claud H. Lacy
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
J. Tomkin
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

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The recent installation of a solid-state 1024-element silicon photodiode array detector (Reticon) at the coude focus of the 2.7 m McDonald Observatory reflector has greatly extended its limits of observation for binary and multiple systems which have weak and/or broad-lined components. This detector can produce extremely high signal-to-noise ratio observations and has high quantum efficiency over the wavelength region 3000-11000Å. The observational programs of three users of this device are described below.

Type
I. General Reviews and Surveys
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 88: Close Binary Stars: Observations and Interpretation , 1980 , pp. 53 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980