Sumários
CCDs [Part V]
11 Outubro 2022, 08:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
::Instruments
- Photometers and cameras
- Spectrographs
:Beyond basic CCD use
- Mosaics
- "Binning". Reasons, advantages and disadvantages. Differences in load transfer / Acquisition / reading
Further reading
Chap 5 of McLean
CCDs [Part IV]
6 Outubro 2022, 08:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
:: Instrumental signatures and other effects on CCD images (cont)
- Bias / overscan
- Dark current
- Flat fields
- Fringing
CCD image processing (Part I)
4 Outubro 2022, 09:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
- Inspection of image metadata (content of headers)
- Examination of raw science, bias and flat field images
- Determination of the gain and reading noise of the CCD
CCDs [Part III]
4 Outubro 2022, 08:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
:: Sources of noise
- Reading noise
- Dark current
- Photonic ("shot noise")
- Non-uniformity of pixels
:: Instrumental signatures and other effects on CCD images
- Saturation and load spillage ("blooming")
- Defects: Cold / hot pixels and columns
CCDs [Part II]
29 Setembro 2022, 08:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
:: Spectral sensitivity
- "Thick Front-side Illuminated" CCDs
- Thinned Back-side Illuminated CCDs
- "Deep Depletion" CCDs
- Anti-reflective coatings and others to modify the spectral response