VATT Instrumentation and Computers

Current instruments and computing equipment available at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope are:

• VATT4k

• This is an Andor Marana 4.2B-11 back-illuminated scientific CMOS camera.
• specifications
• Array size: 2048 (W) x 2048 (H) 4.2 Megapixel
• Pixel size: 11 μm x 11 μm
• Array Area: 22.5 mm x 22.5 mm (31.9 mm diagonal)
• Field of view on VATT: 4.7 arcmin x 4.7 arcmin
• On loan from University of Galway.
• Consult Richard Boyle for technical details.

• VATT Spectrograph

• provides interface to derotator for all the above instruments, as well as offset and slit-viewing guidingwith guide cameras
• effective back focal distance, from guide box to focal surface, is 2.000“.
• contains two filter wheels, each holding four 3.48” square filters. Adapters to accommodate 2“ and 3” square filters are available.
• UBVRI, uvby, Vilnius, Sloan, ECAS, and Order Blocking filters are currently provided.
• integrating sphere with continuum and calibration lamps.