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Paper: High Speed Photometry for BUSCA
Volume: 392, Hot Subdwarf Stars and Related Objects
Page: 335
Authors: Cordes, O.; Reif, K.
Abstract: The camera BUSCA (Bonn University Simultaneous CAmera) is a standard instrument at the 2.2m telescope at Calar Alto Observatory (Spain) since 2001. At the moment some modifications of BUSCA are planned and partially realised. One major goal is the replacement of the old thick CCDs in the blue, yellow-green, and near-infrared channels. The newer CCDs have better cosmetics and performance in sensitivity. The other goal is to replace the old “Heidelberg”-style controller with a newly designed controller with the main focus on high-speed readout and on an advanced windowing mechanism.

We present a theoretical analysis of the new controller design and its advantage in high speed photometry of rapidly pulsating stars. As an example PG1605+072 was chosen which was observed with BUSCA before in 2001 and 2002.

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