DESCRIPTION |
This instrument is a CCD camera built around a Tektronix 2048x2048 thinned and
backside-illuminated CCD chip, with a 7.5 x 7.5 arcminute field of view. The read
noise is 6.0 electrons and the gain is 1.74 electrons/ADU. The scale is 0.219
arcseconds/pix. The detector can be operated in binned mode, such as 2x2 pixels.
The CCD is known to have a peak quantum efficiency near 95% in the R band, and has
shown itself to be readily calibrated, and free from gross cosmetic defects.
The set of BVRI filters for this CCD are the Kron-Cousins photometric system. The
filters have the following central wavelengths and widths:
Center FWHM Width/delta
Wavelength lambda
Filter (Angstrom) (Angstrom)
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B 3480 1077
V 5450 836
R 6460 1245
I 8260 1845
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