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Test of CCD Precision Limits for Differential PhotometryResults of tests to demonstrate the very high differential-photometric stability of CCD light sensors are presented. The measurements reported here demonstrate that in a controlled laboratory environment, a front-illuminated CCD can provide differential-photometric measurements with reproducible precision approaching one part in 10(exp 5). Practical limitations to the precision of differential-photometric measurements with CCDs and implications for spaceborne applications are discussed.
Document ID
19980018477
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1086/133665
Authors
Robinson, L. B. (California Univ. Santa Cruz, CA United States)
Wei, M. Z. (California Univ. Santa Cruz, CA United States)
Borucki, W. J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Dunham, E. W. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Ford, C. H. (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Mountain View, CA United States)
Granados, A. F. (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Mountain View, CA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume: 107
Subject Category
Optics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:207227
NASA/CR-95-207227
Report Number: NAS 1.26:207227
Report Number: NASA/CR-95-207227
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-13769
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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