CCD detector performance for NOAO's wide-field MOSAIC cameras

Thomas Wolfe; Taft Armandroff; Morley M. Blouke; Travis Rector; Richard Reed; Abhijit Saha; Robert Schommer; Chris Smith; Roger M. Smith; Alistair R. Walker

doi:10.1117/12.385427

15 May 2000 CCD detector performance for NOAO's wide-field MOSAIC cameras

Thomas Wolfe, Taft Armandroff, Morley M. Blouke, Travis Rector, Richard Reed, Abhijit Saha, Robert Schommer, Chris Smith, Roger M. Smith, Alistair R. Walker

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Proceedings Volume 3965, Sensors and Camera Systems for Scientific, Industrial, and Digital Photography Applications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385427
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In July of 1998 the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) successfully upgraded MOSAIC 1, an 8192 by 8192 pixel array using eight Scientific Imaging Technologies, Inc. (SITe) St-002A thinned backside 2k by 4k charge coupled devices (CCDs). In July of 1999 MOSAIC II, a clone of MOSAIC I was commissioned also using eight SITe ST-002A CCDs. Additionally in December of 1998 NOAO implemented Mini- MOSAIC a 4096 by 4096 pixel array using two SITe ST-002A thinned CCDs. This report will discuss the performance, characterization and capabilities of the three wide field imagers now in operation at NOAO's Kitt Peak Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and at the WIYN Consortium 3.5-Meter telescope on Kitt Peak.

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Thomas Wolfe, Taft Armandroff, Morley M. Blouke, Travis Rector, Richard Reed, Abhijit Saha, Robert Schommer, Chris Smith, Roger M. Smith, and Alistair R. Walker "CCD detector performance for NOAO's wide-field MOSAIC cameras", Proc. SPIE 3965, Sensors and Camera Systems for Scientific, Industrial, and Digital Photography Applications, (15 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385427

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