Automation of the Spectral-Line Imaging Camera for the Virginia Tech Spectral-Line Survey

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dc.contributor.authorPortock, Kenneth Patricken
dc.contributor.committeechairDennison, Brian K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBroderick, John J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSimonetti, John H.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:18Zen
dc.date.adate2003-01-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:18Zen
dc.date.issued2002-12-09en
dc.date.rdate2004-01-07en
dc.date.sdate2002-12-18en
dc.description.abstractThe Virginia Tech Spectral-Line Survey (VTSS) is a high sensitivity, high resolution survey of Hydrogen-$\alpha$ and Sulfur-II emission in the full northern hemisphere. The instrument used for the survey is the Spectral Line Imaging Camera (SLIC). SLIC uses a fast(f/1.2) lens attached to a cryogenically cooled, TK 512x512 CCD with 27 micron pixels. The focal length of the lens is 58mm which gives a pixel size of 1.6 arcminutes. The diameter of each field is 10degrees. A filter wheel ahead of the lens allows for imaging at different wavelengths. Automating the imaging system is desirable and advantageous due to the large scope of the survey. A variety of devices have been developed in order to implement automation of the SLIC observatory. They include an automated focusing mechanism, filter wheel, liquid nitrogen auto fill system, motorized roll-off roof, cloud monitor, and an equatorial mount. A PERL script, called SLICAR (Spectral Line Imaging Camera Automation Routine), was written to control and communicate with the various hardware and software components. The program also implements a user prepared Observing File, and makes decisions based on observing conditions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12182002-103940en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12182002-103940/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36264en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartpaper.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWIMen
dc.subjectTelescopeen
dc.subjectCCDen
dc.subjectAstronomyen
dc.subjectAutomationen
dc.subjectHydrogen alphaen
dc.subjectObservatoryen
dc.subjectISMen
dc.subjectBASIC Stampen
dc.subjectPERLen
dc.titleAutomation of the Spectral-Line Imaging Camera for the Virginia Tech Spectral-Line Surveyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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