Integration and evaluation of a near-infrared camera utilizing a HgCdTe NICMOS3 array for the Mt. Palomar 200-inch Observatory

Carlos R. Jorquera; Charles A. Beichman; Carl F. Bruce Jr.; Thomas Nicholas Gautier III; Thomas C. Jarrett

doi:10.1117/12.158705

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20 October 1993 Integration and evaluation of a near-infrared camera utilizing a HgCdTe NICMOS3 array for the Mt. Palomar 200-inch Observatory

Carlos R. Jorquera, Charles A. Beichman, Carl F. Bruce Jr., Thomas Nicholas Gautier III, Thomas C. Jarrett

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Proceedings Volume 1946, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158705
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

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In this paper we describe the main subsystems that constitute the Mt. Palomar Prime Focus InfraRed Camera (PFIRCAM), together with some of the characterization data obtained for the focal plane array. This camera is currently a facility instrument at the 200-inch Mt. Palomar Observatory. It helps to satisfy the observational needs of astronomers in the spectral range of 1 micrometers to 2.5 micrometers by utilizing a HgCdTe NICMOS3 array. The camera has a plate scale of 0.54 arcsec/pixel for an overall FOV of 138 X 138 arcsec.

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Carlos R. Jorquera, Charles A. Beichman, Carl F. Bruce Jr., Thomas Nicholas Gautier III, and Thomas C. Jarrett "Integration and evaluation of a near-infrared camera utilizing a HgCdTe NICMOS3 array for the Mt. Palomar 200-inch Observatory", Proc. SPIE 1946, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation, (20 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158705

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