The VISTA infrared camera

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Authors

Gavin Dalton · Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Martin E. Caldwell · Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

A. K. Ward · Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Martin S. Whalley · Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Guy F. Woodhouse · Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Ruben Edeson · Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Paul Clark

Abstract

We describe the integration and test phase of the construction of the VISTA Infrared Camera, a 64 Megapixel, 1.65 degree field of view 0.9-2.4 micron camera which will soon be operating at the cassegrain focus of the 4m VISTA telescope. The camera incorporates sixteen IR detectors and six CCD detectors which are used to provide autoguiding and wavefront sensing information to the VISTA telescope control system.

Topics & Keywords

Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Calibration and Measurement Techniques Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Volume 6269, pp. 62690X-62690X

DOI: 10.1117/12.670018

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