The EMCCD-Based Speckle Interferometer of the BTA 6-m Telescope: Description and First Results

Abstract

The description is given for the speckle interferometer of the BTA 6-m telescope of the SAO RAS based on a new detector with an electron multiplication CCD. The main components of the instrument are microscope objectives, interference filters and atmospheric dispersion correction prisms. The PhotonMAX-512B CCD camera using a back-illuminated CCD97 allows up to 20 speckle images (with 512$\times$512 pix resolution) per second storage on the hard drive. Due to high quantum efficiency (93% in the maximum at 550 nm), and high transmission of its optical elements, the new camera can be used for diffraction-limited (0.02${}^{\prime \prime }$) image reconstruction of $15^m$ stars under good seeing conditions. The main advantages of the new system over the previous generation BTA speckle interferometer are examined.

18 pages, 14 figures

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