Optical Imagers

Mosaic Imagers

Dark Energy Camera (DECam) [2]: Prime Focus 519 megapixel camera on the Blanco 4m Telescope [3]
SOAR Optical Imager (SOI) [4] on the SOAR 4.1m Telescope [5]

Single-CCD Imagers

CFCCD [6]: Cassegrain Focus CCD Imager on SMARTS 0.9m Telescope [7]
Y4KCam [8]: 4kX4k optical imager on SMARTS CTIO/Yale 1.0m Telescope [9]
Schmidt NFCCD [10] Newtonian Focus CCD Imager (only available for U. Michigan Observers)

Exposure Times

DECam Exposure Time Calculator is available on the DECam webpage [11]
Exposure Time Calculator [12] (outdated for SMARTS 0.9m - see link below)
SMARTS Exposure Time Calculator [13]

Photometric Standard References

UBVRI standards
- The CADC Astronomical Standards Page [14] is home to the list of Stetson Photometric Standard Fields [15]
Sloan/SDSS filter standards
- Links to ugriz magnitudes, astrometric, and spectral properties [16]

CCDs and Controllers

CCDs [23]
ARCON [24] ARray CONtroller for CCDs.
Smart Motor Controllers [25]

Historical Information on Sky Conditions

Record of Sky Conditions at Tololo [26]

Retired Instruments

4m MOSAIC II [27] Prime Focus 8K Mosaic CCD Imager (retired March 2012)
4m BTC [28] Prime Focus 4K Mosaic CCD Imager (retired July 1999)
4m PFCCD [29] Prime Focus CCD Imager (retired July 1999)
1.5m ASCAP [30] Automated Single Channel Photometer

Links:
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Optical-Imagers
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/dark-energy-camera-decam
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Victor-Blanco-4-m-Telescope
[4] http://www.soartelescope.org/observing/soar-optical-imager
[5] http://www.soartelescope.org/
[6] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/cfccd
[7] http://www1.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/09-m-telescope
[8] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/y4kcam
[9] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/10-m-telescope
[10] http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/schmidt/manuals/schman/schmidt.html
[11] http://www1.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/dark-energy-camera-decam
[12] http://www.noao.edu/gateway/ccdtime/
[13] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/SMARTS-Imager-Exposure-Calculator
[14] http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/standards/
[15] http://www4.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/community/STETSON/standards/
[16] http://www-star.fnal.gov/ugriz/index.html
[17] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/filters
[18] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/overview-3
[19] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ctio-various-filters
[20] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ctio-3x3-inch-and-4x4-inch-filters
[21] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/filters/index_new.html
[22] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Filter-Transmission-setup
[23] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/ccd_info/ccd_info.html
[24] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/arcon/arcon.html
[25] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/smc/smc.html
[26] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/site/phot/sky_conditions.html
[27] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/mosaic-ii-ccd-imager
[28] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/pfccd/btc_arw.html
[29] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/pfccd/pfccd.html
[30] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/ascap/ascap.html

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