OmegaCAM: wide-field imaging with fine spatial resolution

Konrad Kuijken; Ralf Bender; Enrico Cappellaro; Bernard Muschielok; Andrea Baruffolo; Enrico Cascone; H.-J. Hess; Olaf Iwert; Harald Nicklas; Klaus Reif; Edwin Valentijn; Dietrich Baade; K. G. Begeman; Alessandro Bortolussi; Danny Boxhoorn; F. Christen; Erik R. Deul; Laura Greggio; Reiner Harke; Reinhold Haefner; Ulrich Hopp; Ivica Ilijevski; Guenther Klink; Helmut Kravcar; Carlo E. Magagna; Wolfgang Mitsch; Philip Mueller; Henning Poschmann; Roeland Rengelink; Walter Wellem

doi:10.1117/12.550892

30 September 2004 OmegaCAM: wide-field imaging with fine spatial resolution

Konrad Kuijken, Ralf Bender, Enrico Cappellaro, Bernard Muschielok, Andrea Baruffolo, Enrico Cascone, H.-J. Hess, Olaf Iwert, Harald Nicklas, Klaus Reif, Edwin Valentijn, Dietrich Baade, K. G. Begeman, Alessandro Bortolussi, Danny Boxhoorn, F. Christen, Erik R. Deul, Laura Greggio, Reiner Harke, Reinhold Haefner, Ulrich Hopp, Ivica Ilijevski, Guenther Klink, Helmut Kravcar, Carlo E. Magagna, Wolfgang Mitsch, Philip Mueller, Henning Poschmann, Roeland Rengelink, Walter Wellem

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550892
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

OmegaCAM is the wide-field camera for the VLT Survey Telescope being completed for ESO's Paranal observatory. The instrument, as well as the telescope, have been designed for very good, natural seeing-limited image quality over a 1 degree field. At the heart of the project are a square-foot photometric shutter, a 12-filter storage/exchange mechanism, a 16k x 16k CCD detector mosaic, and plenty of software for instrument control and data handling, analysis and archiving.

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Konrad Kuijken, Ralf Bender, Enrico Cappellaro, Bernard Muschielok, Andrea Baruffolo, Enrico Cascone, H.-J. Hess, Olaf Iwert, Harald Nicklas, Klaus Reif, Edwin Valentijn, Dietrich Baade, K. G. Begeman, Alessandro Bortolussi, Danny Boxhoorn, F. Christen, Erik R. Deul, Laura Greggio, Reiner Harke, Reinhold Haefner, Ulrich Hopp, Ivica Ilijevski, Guenther Klink, Helmut Kravcar, Carlo E. Magagna, Wolfgang Mitsch, Philip Mueller, Henning Poschmann, Roeland Rengelink, and Walter Wellem "OmegaCAM: wide-field imaging with fine spatial resolution", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550892

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