Index
56
focal reducer, 40
Focal Reducer (def), 46
focus
Dim mode, 18, 19
fine, 17
Full frame mode, 17
Full Frame mode, 19
peak, 17
Planet mode, 17, 19, 46
Focus Command, 17, 19
focus mode, 17, 19
Focusing, 16
Frame Transfer CCDs, 6
Frame Transfer CCDs (def), 46
frost, 8
Full Frame CCDs, 6
full well capacity, 29
Full Well Capacity (def), 46
Grab Command, 18, 33
graphics, 18
guiding, 11
guiding error, 20, 37
hand controller, 18, 20, 23, 24
hermetic chamber, 8
Histogram (def), 46
host computer, 8, 15, 23
hot pixels, 19
IBM PC, 8
image processing, 8, 12, 18, 41
interference, ii
IR blocking filter, 22
joystick, 25
joystick modification, 26
library of dark frames, 18, 34
light frame, 9, 15, 18
light frame (def), 46
Link, 16
LPT port, 15, 16, 23
magnitude
diffuse, 19
stellar, 19
maintenance, 51, 53
microcontroller, 8
modifying hand controller, 24
moon, 16, 30, 33
negative image, 18
nosepiece, 15
observatory, 23
optical head, 15, 23
optical head orientation, 16
O-ring, 8
path (def), 46
path/filter (def), 46
PC, 8
PC Setup Command, 16
PEC drive correctors, 20, 37
photometric measurements, 46
Photometry (def), 46
pixel nonuniformity, 19
pixel size, 10, 28
Pixel Size (def), 46
pixel uniformity, 10
planet mode, 19
Planet mode (def), 46
planets, 5, 16, 30, 33
POWER connector, 15
power supply, 8, 15
power supplyr, 23
PPEC drive correctors, 20, 37
preamp, 8, 23
printing images, 12, 41
push to make switch modification, 25
push to make/break switch modification,
25
Quantum Efficiency (def), 47
range parameter, 18
readout
electronics, 23
noise, 29
Noise (def), 47
register, 6
regenerating desiccant, 51
RELAYS connector, 23, 37
resolution, 10, 20, 34
Resolution (def), 47
Response factor (def), 47
Right Ascension, 15, 23, 37, 44
Saturation (def), 47
scribing the eyepiece, 17
seeing, 10, 17, 20, 30
Seeing (def), 48
self guiding, 23
separations, 19
setup, 15
SGS-Self Guided Spectrograph, 41
sharpen, 19