The VST uses a 720kg OmegaCAM camera with an array of 32 CCDs arranged in 8x4 array. The extra 4 CCDs are used to control the guiding and active optics systems as well as many huge color filters:
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
268MP Astrophotography Sensor
Popphoto shows pictures of ESO's VST (European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope) camera with 268MP sensor array.
The VST uses a 720kg OmegaCAM camera with an array of 32 CCDs arranged in 8x4 array. The extra 4 CCDs are used to control the guiding and active optics systems as well as many huge color filters:
The VST uses a 720kg OmegaCAM camera with an array of 32 CCDs arranged in 8x4 array. The extra 4 CCDs are used to control the guiding and active optics systems as well as many huge color filters:
Wow, that thing is a beast!
ReplyDeleteWho made the CCDs for it?
ReplyDeleteIt is e2v. These days they dominate the market of CCDs for astronomy.
ReplyDeleteIt's stange, why the CDDs have diffent colors ?
ReplyDeleteThis a slight difference in the coating
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