User`s guide

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SECTION 1.0
INTRODUCTION
The recent advent of affordable astronomical CCD cameras has opened whole new
opportunities in the area of stellar and extended object photometry. The small format
CCD cameras now being manufactured by companies such as Meade and Santa
Barbara Instrument Group are examples of the new low-cost cooled-chip astro-
nomical cameras. Regrettably, with these cameras alone it is difficult to find and
center objects, focus the camera, and, most importantly for photometry, insert filters
into the light path. Optec has developed the Model PFE-1 Photometric Front-End to
provide the much needed coupling between telescope and CCD camera head. With
the PFE-1, easy and accurate photometric quality imaging is finally possible.
The Model PFE-1 was originally designed specifically for the Lynxx PC CCD camera
systems, but has now been adapted for many small format cameras as well. Consult
the current price list for additional adapter kits for new cameras supported by the
PFE-1.
The PFE-1 is a complete system with many filter options, a 0.5x telecompressor and
3x tele-extender options, and a fully automated filter slider option.