Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:mmt.single_mirror6m5.pisces::1.1
NAME PISCES
TYPE Imager
DESCRIPTION PISCES is a wide-field (1024x1024 Rockwell HAWAII array) near-IR camera designed tobe used at the Kitt Peak 90-in, Mt. Bigelow 61-in, and MMT 6.5-m. The camera has acircular 8.5 arcmin diameter field of view and a pixel scale of 0.5"/pix on the twosmaller telescopes. It has a 3.1 arcmin field of view and pixel scale of 0.18"/pix atthe MMT. The camera has a warm CaF2 dewar window and five BaF2 and fused silicalenses at cryogenic temperatures. It also has a pupil viewing mode. The dewar wasmade by Infrared Labs, Inc. Fiber optics connect a PC to the array electronics. A full description of the PISCES instrument can be found in: McCarthy, D., J. Ge, J. Hinz, R. Finn, & R. de Jong, R. 2001, PISCES: A Wide-Field,1[INVALID_PDS_CHARACTER]2.5 um Camera for Large-Aperture Telescopes. PASP, 115, 353.
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REFERENCES McCarthy, D., J. Ge, J. Hinz, R. Finn, and R. de Jong, R. PISCES: A Wide-Field, 1-2.5um Camera for Large-Aperture Telescopes. PASP, 115, 353-361, 2001.