Abilities of Russian digital CCD cameras of serial manufacture for astronomical applications

Abstract

There is the presentation of investigation results of last native elaborations of b/w high sensitive CCD cameras for optical telescope application. By the example of SDU-259 camera (000"Specteletehnika", Moscow) capability of its use as a digitized TV guiding camera for large optical telescopes is demonstrated. In SAO RAS there is constructed SDU-259C camera with termoelectric cooler equipped. The parameters of CCD camera SDU-259C and its test results when used with 10 inch telescope "Meade LXD-55" are given.