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Optical Imagers [1]

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  • Exposure Time Calculator [12] (outdated for SMARTS 0.9m - see link below)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]

 

Filters [17]

  • Filter Overview [18]
  • Filter list (all filters up to and including 4x4-inch, sorted by wavelength) [19]
  • Filters - 3 & 4 inch (for SOAR, Schmidt, 0.9-m imaging) [20]
  • Measurements in 2001 [21]
  • Transmission measurement setup, ver. 2001 [22]

 

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

 

 

Source URL (retrieved on 02/08/2013 - 20:41): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/optical-imagers

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