Slit Viewing Camera
The instrument also has a near-IR slit viewing camera.
Camera schematics from Wilson et al. 2004. The actual filter is a K'.
Filter
The slit viewing camera has a K' filter.
| type | central wavelenth [micron] |
band wavelength [micron] |
temperature [K] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauna Kea K' | 2.123 | 0.337 | 77 | Barr Associates |
Filter data.
Detector
The detector is a Rockwell Scientific Hawaii-1 array (engineering grade).
| array size | pixel size [micron] |
plate scale [arcsec per pixel] |
Field of View [arcmin] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1024x1024 | 18.5 | 0.12 | 2x2 | engineering grade |
Detector parameters
| gain [e-/ADU] |
readnoise [CDS in electrons] |
linearity (<10% in ADU) |
Full well [electrons] |
minimum integration time [sec] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.98 | 26 | 35000 | 160000 | 1.2 |
Slit viewing camera image. It
shows the slit (on the middle left).
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