MuSCAT3: a 4-color simultaneous camera for the 2m Faulkes Telescope North

Norio Narita; Akihiko Fukui; Tomoyasu Yamamuro; Daniel Harbeck; Mark Bowman; Mark Elphick; Jon Nation; J.D. Armstrong; Jacqueline Han; Shunichi Abe; Masahiro Ikoma; Keisuke Isogai; Kiyoe Kawauchi; Seiya Kurita; Nobuhiko Kusakabe; Jerome de Leon; John Livingston; Mayuko Mori; Taku Nishiumi; Motohide Tamura; Noriharu Watanabe; Nikolaus Volgenau; Elisabeth Heinrich-Josties; Steve Foale; Matt Daily; Curtis McCully; Annie Kirby; Cary Smith; Brian Haworth; Patrick Conway; Lisa Storrie-Lombardi; Wayne Rosing; Joey Chatelain; Etienne Bachelet; Marshall Johnson; Markus Rabus

doi:10.1117/12.2559947

13 December 2020 MuSCAT3: a 4-color simultaneous camera for the 2m Faulkes Telescope North

Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui, Tomoyasu Yamamuro, Daniel Harbeck, Mark Bowman, Mark Elphick, Jon Nation, J.D. Armstrong, Jacqueline Han, Shunichi Abe, Masahiro Ikoma, Keisuke Isogai, Kiyoe Kawauchi, Seiya Kurita, Nobuhiko Kusakabe, Jerome de Leon, John Livingston, Mayuko Mori, Taku Nishiumi, Motohide Tamura, Noriharu Watanabe, Nikolaus Volgenau, Elisabeth Heinrich-Josties, Steve Foale, Matt Daily, Curtis McCully, Annie Kirby, Cary Smith, Brian Haworth, Patrick Conway, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, Wayne Rosing, Joey Chatelain, Etienne Bachelet, Marshall Johnson, Markus Rabus

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 114475K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559947
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We report the development of MuSCAT3, a four channel simultaneous imager installed on the 2m Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawai’i. MuSCAT3 has a capability of 4-color simultaneous imaging in g (400–550 nm), r (550–700 nm), i (700–820 nm), and z_s (820–920 nm) bands with four independent 2048×2048 pixel CCDs, each having a field of view of 9.1×9.1 arcmin² with a pixel scale of 0.27 arcsec per pixel. The development of MuSCAT3 started from September 2019, and MuSCAT3 achieved its first light on September 28th, 2020. The Las Cumbres Observatory started science operations of MuSCAT3 since November 4th, 2020, although a part of its capabilities are still limited.

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Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui, Tomoyasu Yamamuro, Daniel Harbeck, Mark Bowman, Mark Elphick, Jon Nation, J.D. Armstrong, Jacqueline Han, Shunichi Abe, Masahiro Ikoma, Keisuke Isogai, Kiyoe Kawauchi, Seiya Kurita, Nobuhiko Kusakabe, Jerome de Leon, John Livingston, Mayuko Mori, Taku Nishiumi, Motohide Tamura, Noriharu Watanabe, Nikolaus Volgenau, Elisabeth Heinrich-Josties, Steve Foale, Matt Daily, Curtis McCully, Annie Kirby, Cary Smith, Brian Haworth, Patrick Conway, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, Wayne Rosing, Joey Chatelain, Etienne Bachelet, Marshall Johnson, and Markus Rabus "MuSCAT3: a 4-color simultaneous camera for the 2m Faulkes Telescope North", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 114475K (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559947

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