MEGACAM, the next generation wide-field camera for CFHT

被引：29

作者：

Boulade, O ^{[1
]}

Vigroux, L ^{[1
]}

Charlot, X ^{[1
]}

Borgeaud, P ^{[1
]}

Carton, PH ^{[1
]}

de Kat, J ^{[1
]}

Rousse, Y ^{[1
]}

Mellier, Y ^{[1
]}

Gigan, P ^{[1
]}

Crampton, D ^{[1
]}

Morbey, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CEA Saclay, DAPNIA, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France

来源：

OPTICAL ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION, PTS 1 AND 2 | 1998年 / 3355卷

关键词：

wide-field cameras; CCD mosaics; cryocoolers; CCD controllers; CCD acquisition systems; fieldbus; auto-guiders; image stabilizers; pipeline processing;

D O I：

10.1117/12.316786

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

MEGACAM is the next generation wide-field camera to be used at the prime focus of the 3.6m CFHT telescope. This instrument, which will cover a full 1 square degree, is designed around a mosaic of 36 to 40 2Kx4K CCDs. Such a large detector requires new approaches for the hardware as well as the software, and will have major impacts on the telescope structure, optics and operations. We present in this paper several novel ideas and techniques that will be implemented as part of this challenging project.

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页码：614 / 625

页数：2