Wide Field IR Camera (WIRC)
Telescope:
- Focal ratio: f/7.5
Scale:
- At Focal plane: 10.8 arcsec/mm
- At Detector: 10.6 arcsec/mm
Detectors:
- 4 Rockwell HgCdTe arrays: 1024x1024 (18.5 µm
pixels) ; typical Q.E.
curve
Gain & Readout Noise:
- Gain: ~2.0 e-/adu
- Readout Noise: ~15 e-
Pixel Size & Field:
- Pixel size: 0.196 arcsec
- Field of a single detector: 201 x 201 arcsec
- Detector spacing: 175 arcsec
Filter Wheel:
- 8 slots (1 closed for dark)
Filters:
- J(Carnegie),J(Gemini),Hshort,H(Gemini),Hlong,Jnarrow,Kshort
Staff Contact:
- Eric Persson (eric@ociw.edu)
