Searching for Novae: CCD Imagery or Photography?
Volume 27 number 1 (1999)
- William Liller
- Instituto Isaac Newton
Abstract
Has the convenience and high quantum efficiency of CCDs made photography obsolete in the search for galactic novae? The performance of two Kodak area detectors, the KAF-1600 CCD and hypersensitized Technical Pan film, are considered and evaluated.