In back-thinned CCDs the silicon substrate is thinned to only a few tens of microns thick. This means that infrared light is more likely to pass through the substrate thus resulting in a loss of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We present our mechanical design for a very-large-format, 4096x4096 pixel chargecoupled device (CCD) mosaic constructed from a 2X2 array of ...

The world's largest astronomical camera has been installed on Palomar Observatory's 48-inch Oschin Telescope in California. This telescope has been working to improve our understanding of the ...

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 110, No. 751 (September 1998), pp. 1067-1080 (14 pages) ABSTRACT The QUEST (QUasar Equatorial Survey Team) collaboration is using an ...

In back-thinned CCDs the silicon substrate is thinned to only a few tens of microns thick. This means that infrared light is more likely to pass through the substrate thus resulting in a loss of ...

A new generation of CMOS image sensors now rivals the performance of state-of-the-art photon detectors for optical telescopes, while also operating at higher speeds and over a wider dynamic range Into ...

Although one can begin to explore amateur astrophotography with a smartphone camera or a webcam, today's tool of choice for this pastime is a special-purpose, cooled CCD camera. The case in point is ...

Rochester Institute of Technology professor Michael Richmond is a visiting professor for the fall term at the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for the Early Universe. He is teaching a graduate ...

Do you like to take images of large star fields or pictures of extended nebulous objects using an astronomical CCD, cooled CMOS, or DSLR camera? If the answer is yes, you’ll want to take a hard look ...

Opticstar’s DS-616C XL CCD camera has a 6-megapixel 1.8-inch Sony CCD sensor. The unit offers 50 percent higher sensitivity than other cameras using the same chip because of its hardware and ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The world's largest astronomical camera has been installed on Palomar Observatory's 48-inch Oschin Telescope in California. This telescope has been working to improve our ...