Building Sequence Database Files for the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope

3.2.2 3 Range of Magnitude of Selected Guide Stars

Selected guide stars should not span a nominal range greater than 2.5 magnitudes because the dynamic range of the HUT TV camera is limited to only four bits.

Guideline: If possible, choose guide stars within this range of the target magnitude so that both the target and the guide stars will be visible during the set up procedure. (Of course, nature does not always cooperate in this regard.)

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