| Telescope |
WIYN 3.5m |
| Telescope port |
Permanently mounted at f/6.3 Nasmyth port |
| Field of View |
1o, 1o circle unvignetted |
| Pixel Scale |
0.11"/pixel |
| Dectectors |
64 Orthogonal Transfer Array CCDs |
| Gaps between detector cells |
- 3" in x direction
- 1.2" in y direction
|
| Filling factor of focal plane |
>80% (>85% goal) |
| Initial Filter Set |
u,g,r,i,z plus 1 or 2 narrow-band filters |
| Filter size |
42cm x 42cm |
| Number of filter slots |
9 |
| Readout Noise |
< 10e-, < 6e- goal |
| Active image quality improvement |
- On-chip image motion correction
- Atmospheric dispersion compensator
|
| Readout Time |
< 10 sec sustained bias rate |
| File Size |
2GB/image uncompressed |
| Nightly Data Volume |
0.5 TB to 4 TB, depending on program |
| Guide star setup overhead |
- < 40 sec with preimage
- 0 sec with on-the-fly acquisition
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| Focus system |
Automatic focusing with focus sensor |