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VATT Instrumentation and Computers

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

VATT CCD Imager - Vatt4k

Galway Ultra Fast Imager - GUFI

  • This is an Andor Marana 4.2B-11 back-illuminated scientific CMOS camera.
  • 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 CCD Spectrograph - VATTSpec

Instrument Interface (a.k.a. the Guider Box)

  • 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.
vatt/instrumentation_and_computers.txt · Last modified: 2024/07/05 13:27 by paul