Megacam: Paving the focal plane of the MMT with silicon

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3355, Issue , 1998, Pages 477-486

  McLeod, B A ^a   Gauron, T M ^a   Geary, J C ^a   Ordway, M P ^a   Roll Jr , J B ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Cameras; CCDs; Imaging; Telescope guiding

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FOCUSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIXELS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; TELESCOPES;

CCD CONTROLLERS; CCD MOSAICS; CCDS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FILTER WHEELS; FOCAL PLANES; GUIDE STARS; IMAGING; LOW ORDERS; MULTIPLE MIRROR TELESCOPES; SMALL AREAS; WAVE-FRONT SENSING; WIDE FIELDS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 63649086648     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316779     Document Type: Conference Paper

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