A Large Area CCD Camera for the Schmidt Telescope at the Venezuelan National Astronomical Observatory

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dc.creatorBaltay, C.
dc.creatorSnyder, J. A.
dc.creatorAndrews, P.
dc.creatorEmmet, W.
dc.creatorSchaefer, B.
dc.creatorSinnott, J.
dc.creatorBailyn, C.
dc.creatorCoppi, P.
dc.creatorOemler, A.
dc.creatorSabbey, C. N.
dc.creatorSofia, S.
dc.creatorvan Altena, W.
dc.creatorVivas, A. K.
dc.creatorAbad, C.
dc.creatorBriceno, C.
dc.creatorBruzual, G.
dc.creatorMagris, G.
dc.creatorStock, J.
dc.creatorDella Prugna, F.
dc.creatorSanchez, Ge.
dc.creatorSanchez, Gu.
dc.creatorSchenner, H.
dc.creatorAdams, B.
dc.creatorGebhard, M.
dc.creatorHoneycutt, R. K.
dc.creatorMusser, J.
dc.creatorHarris, F.
dc.creatorGeary, J.
dc.date2002-04-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:38:59Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:38:59Z
dc.descriptionWe have designed, constructed and put into operation a large area CCD camera that covers a large fraction of the image plane of the 1 meter Schmidt telescope at Llano del Hato in Venezuela. The camera consists of 16 CCD devices arranged in a 4 x 4 mosaic covering 2.3 degrees x 3.5 degrees of sky. The CCDs are 2048 x 2048 LORAL devices with 15 micron pixels. The camera is optimized for drift scan photometry and objective prism spectroscopy. The design considerations, construction features and performance parameters are described in the following article.
dc.description34 pages, 18 figures, accepted for publication in PASP
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204265
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204265
dc.identifierPubl.Astron.Soc.Pac.114:780-794,2002
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/341705
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/218954
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA Large Area CCD Camera for the Schmidt Telescope at the Venezuelan National Astronomical Observatory
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