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Direct Imaging at the 2.1-m Returns (1Mar96)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 45, March 1996)

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	Figure caption: This R band exposure shows an OB
	association in the nearby galaxy M 33; the images have
	a FWHM of 0.85". The data were obtained to distinguish
	red supergiants from foreground dwarfs using accurate
	broad-band colors.

Heavy oversubscription at the 4-m and WIYN has shut out many potential
users interested in moderately high resolution imaging. Consequently,
KPNO will again accept proposals for imaging at the 2.1-m telescope
beginning with proposals (due 31 March 1996) for the fall 1996
semester. The equipment available will be exactly what was available in
the past: the Tektronix 1024 x 1024 CCD (T1KA) plus an eight-position
filter wheel for 2" x 2" filters. This CCD is probably the best CCD
ever seen at KPNO, although the 1K format limits the field to 5' on a
side.

The 2.1-m/T1KA offers a scale of 0.3"/pixel and good seeing, often
subarcsecond (see image of M33 taken by Phil Massey). Contact us for
further details about this system.

George Jacoby, Phil Massey

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