A high speed near infrared photometer for lunar occultation studies |
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Authors: | Ashok N M Chandrasekhar T Ragland Sam Bhatt H C |
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Institution: | (1) Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, 380 009 Ahmedabad, India;(2) Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India |
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Abstract: | A recently developed near infrared high speed photometer intended for lunar oc-cultation studies is described. The primary scientific objective is to reach milli arc second levels of angular resolution so that circumstellar structure of the occulted sources can be resolved. Near infrared sky brightness close to the lunar limb is also studied. Angular diameter derived from the observed occultation of IRC +20169 is presented and system performance discussed. |
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Keywords: | Lunar occultation high speed infrared photometry insb dewar infrared sky background high angular resolution |
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