Megacam: A Wide-Field CCD Imager for the MMT and Magellan

Megacam is a large-format optical camera that can be operated at the f/5 Cassegrain foci of the MMT on Mount Hopkins, Arizona, and the Magellan Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. Megacam's focal plane is composed of 36 closely packed e2v CCD42-90 CCDs, each with 2048 × 4608 pixe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2015-04, Vol.127 (950), p.366-382
Hauptverfasser:	McLeod, Brian, Geary, John, Conroy, Maureen, Fabricant, Daniel, Ordway, Mark, Szentgyorgyi, Andrew, Amato, Stephen, Ashby, Matthew, Caldwell, Nelson, Curley, Dylan, Gauron, Thomas, Holman, Matthew, Norton, Timothy, Pieri, Mario, Roll, John, Weaver, David, Zajac, Joseph, Palunas, Povilas, Osip, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astronomical objects Astronomical photometry Ellipticity Galaxies Instrumentation Mosaic Pixels Reflecting telescopes Sensors Stars Telescopes
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