Active Cooling Camera Modification for Improved Astronomy Data Collection

Autor/innen

  • Christopher Christopherson University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17307/wsc.v1i1.194

Schlagworte:

Astronomy, Instrumentation

Abstract

Using Digital Single Lens Reflex (DLSR) cameras modified to be sensitive into the infrared are an inexpensive entry into astrophotography. Such a camera was used for wide-field, narrowband observations of the Cygnus Superbubble in the Observing Nebulosities project (Christopherson and Kaltcheva, 2015). One of the downfalls to using a DLSR for such a study is the inefficiency of collecting data from the buildup of heat in the sensor during data collection and the noise introduced into the images as a result. For this project an active cooling modification was designed and installed on a DSLR camera allowing the camera sensor to be cooled and held at a temperature below ambient conditions to reduce noise in speed up the data collection process.

Autor/innen-Biografie

Christopher Christopherson, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Undergraduate Student

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Veröffentlicht

2017-01-17

Zitationsvorschlag

Christopherson, C. (2017). Active Cooling Camera Modification for Improved Astronomy Data Collection. Proceedings of the Wisconsin Space Conference, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.17307/wsc.v1i1.194

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Rubrik

Astronomy and Cosmology