The CTIO Prime Focus CCD instrument with an RCA CCD was in operation at the CTIO 4-m telescope for six years between 1982-1988. A large body of literature has been published based on CCD images taken with this instrument. We review the general properties of the now-retired PFCCD system to aid astronomers in the interpretation of the photometric data in the literature.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9601010,
title = {The CTIO Prime Focus CCD: System Characteristics from 1982-1988},
author = {Nicholas B. Suntzeff and Alistair R. Walker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9601010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in the PASP. 15 pages, AASTeX V4.0 latex format (including figures), 4 ps figures, 4 separate AASTeX V4.0 latex tables