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vatt:instrumentation_and_computers [2021/03/31 12:28] paul [Offset and slit-viewing guide box with CCD guide camera] |
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===== VATT CCD Imager - Vatt4k ===== | ===== VATT CCD Imager - Vatt4k ===== | ||
- | - A replacement STA0500A back illuminated 4K CCD, ITL serial number 8301, was installed March 2017, and updated 26 January 2018. | + | * [[vatt:vatt4k|VATT4k]] |
- | - It is similar to the September 2007 one, including its QE. | + | |
- | - Pixels: 4096x4096, 15x15 microns | + | |
- | - Gain:1.9 e/DN | + | |
- | - Full well: ADC limited (65k DN) = ~120,000 electrons unbinned | + | |
- | - Noise: ~3.9 electrons | + | |
- | - Photon Transfer Curve | + | |
- | - Gain Curve | + | |
- | - FOV: 12.5 arcmin square | + | |
- | - pixel scale: 0.188 arcsec/ | + | |
- | - wavelength range: 300 - 1000 nm, peak 96% at 450 nm | + | |
- | - Preamplifiers added October 2008 inside the dewar. These give faster readout and lower noise. | + | |
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* Field of view on VATT, 3 arcmin with current focal reducer. | * Field of view on VATT, 3 arcmin with current focal reducer. | ||
* On loan from NUI Galway, currently until June 2011. | * On loan from NUI Galway, currently until June 2011. | ||
- | * Consult Richard Boyle for technical details, and see the NUI Galway "Brown Dwarfs and Substellar Objects" | + | * Consult Richard Boyle for technical details, and see the [[http:// |
===== VATT CCD Spectrograph - VATTSpec ===== | ===== VATT CCD Spectrograph - VATTSpec ===== | ||
- | * [[vatt:vatt4k|VATT4k]] | + | * [[vatt:vattspec|VATT Spectrograph]] |
- | * This optical region spectrograph has AR coated refractive optics, with a beam size at its camera of 125 mm, giving ... | + | |
- | * slit length: 30 arcsec | + | |
- | * wavelength range: 360 - 950 nm | + | |
- | * spectral coverage: 100 nm at 0.1 nm resolution | + | |
- | * spectral resolutions: | + | |
- | * detector: back illuminated, | + | |
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- | ITL Serial Number 8228 | + | |
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- | Gain: 1.3 e/DN with setting 10; 2.6 e/DN with setting 5 | + | |
- | Full well, both gains: ADC limited (65k DN) = 85,000 or 170,000 electrons | + | |
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- | QE Curve | + | |
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- | * efficiency: determined by Mark Wagner for telescope plus spectrograph | + | |
- | * further details are under the Instructions for use of the VATT Spectrograph. | + | |
- | * bandpass filters available: S8612 (red blocking); GG-400, GG-475, OG-550 (cut-offs to the blue in nm). | + | |
===== Instrument Interface (a.k.a. the Guider Box) ===== | ===== Instrument Interface (a.k.a. the Guider Box) ===== | ||
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* effective back focal distance, from guide box to focal surface, is 2.000" | * 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. | * 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. | + | * UBVRI, uvby, Vilnius, Sloan, ECAS, and Order Blocking |
* integrating sphere with continuum and calibration lamps. | * integrating sphere with continuum and calibration lamps. |