The VISTA infrared camera

G. B. Dalton; M. Caldwell; A. K. Ward; M. S. Whalley; G. Woodhouse; R. L. Edeson; P. Clark; S. M. Beard; A. M. Gallie; S. P. Todd; J. M. D. Strachan; N. N. Bezawada; W. J. Sutherland; J. P. Emerson

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28 June 2006 The VISTA infrared camera

G. B. Dalton, M. Caldwell, A. K. Ward, M. S. Whalley, G. Woodhouse, R. L. Edeson, P. Clark, S. M. Beard, A. M. Gallie, S. P. Todd, J. M. D. Strachan, N. N. Bezawada, W. J. Sutherland, J. P. Emerson

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Proceedings Volume 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy; 62690X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670018
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

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.

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G. B. Dalton, M. Caldwell, A. K. Ward, M. S. Whalley, G. Woodhouse, R. L. Edeson, P. Clark, S. M. Beard, A. M. Gallie, S. P. Todd, J. M. D. Strachan, N. N. Bezawada, W. J. Sutherland, and J. P. Emerson "The VISTA infrared camera", Proc. SPIE 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy, 62690X (28 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670018

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