A Versatile Optical Bench for Undergraduate Astronomical    Observations
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An already-successful laboratory program is astronomical                        observation is to be expanded so that students will plan their                  own observing project.  They will construct an instrument by                    arranging components on an optical bench.  This instrument will                 be tested in the lab and then taken to the telescope.  Possible                 configurations include a direct imaging camera; interferometer;                 polarimeter; speckle camera; coronagraph; and spectrograph.  The                detector will be an intensified CCD (charge-coupled device)                     camera that can be operated either at video rate or with                        accumulation.  The former mode allows fast events like                          occultations to be observed; the accumulation mode allows                       observation of faint objects.  An integration can be stored as a                disk file for subsequent analysis.  Data can also be stored on                  video tape, and displayed for larger groups with a wide-screen                  television.  This capability will provide a concrete model of the               scientific techniques, and will moreover provide excellent                      opportunities for undergraduate research.                                                                                                                       This program is enabled by a new computer-controlled telescope at               The University of Chicago that provides for a horizontal beam and               a fixed focus, thus allowing instrumentation to be easily                       configured at the telescope.  Matching funds are requested from                 NSF for the optical bench set-ups, the intensified CCD camera                   (including an acquisition/guide camera), and the video equipment,               namely a high-quality recorder and a wide-screen projector.  An                 upgrade for the current computer is required, especially                        including greatly expanded disk space.
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