SYNOPSES OF MOUNT HAMILTON FACILITY INSTRUMENTS: CAMERAS
INSTRUMENT | TELESCOPE |
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DETECTOR | ||||||||||||
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GEMINI THE UCLA TWIN-ARRAYS INFRARED CAMERA This instrument combines NICMOS-3 and InSb IR arrays for imaging in two bandpasses simultaneously. (Decommissioned) |
Shane 3-m cassegrain |
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256 x 256 HgCdTe NICMOS-3 array, 40-u pixels, 3-u inter-pixel spaces and 256 x 256 InSb array | ||||||||||||
NICKEL CCD CAMERA | Nickel 1-m cassegrain |
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dewar #2,
2048 x 2048 unthinned CCD, 15-u pixels (typically binned) |
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PRIME FOCUS CAMERA (PFCam) (Decommissioned) Michael Bolte, UCSC |
Shane 3-m prime focus |
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PFCam dewar, 2048x2048 thinned CCD, 24-u pixels | ||||||||||||
ShARCS /
SHANE ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEM |
Shane 3-m cassegrain |
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Hawaii H2RG array |