HPO

Astronomy

Hopkins Phoenix
Observatory


Photoelectric Photometry

HPO Photoelectric Equipment

HPO uses single channel photomultiplier tube (1P21) with a photon counting system to do UBV (Ultraviolet, Blue, Visual) photometry




Celestron C-8
Schmidt-Cassegrain
With HPO Photometry Equipment

Close up of Photometer Head
Illuminated 12.5mm
crosshair eyepiece

White box with batteries
and brightness adjustment for eyepiece,

Top of black box is
flip mirror knob.
Lower is filter selection
UBV and D (Dark)



Photometry Electronics, 10 MHz Pulse Counter and -1000VDC Power Supply

Clock Drives - MST and UT Digital Clocks

Close up of HPO PEP-101
Photometer Head

C-8 with Photometer Head

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Present Page Version as of 8 March 2005

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