Searching for Novae: CCD Imagery or Photography?

Volume 27 number 1 (1999)

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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.