MOSAIC II CCD Imager

THIS INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN RETIRED. INFORMATION PROVIDED HERE IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY

The CTIO Mosaic II CCD imager was developed together with the Mosaic I in use on the KPNO Mayall 4-m and 0.9-m telescopes and replaces the BTC camera previously used at prime focus on the V. M. Blanco 4-m telescope. Mosaic II will be retired in 2012 when it will be replaced by The Dark Energy Camera (DECam).

 

Detector: 8 2048x2048 SITe CCDs
FOV: 36x36 arcmin
Pixel scale: 0.27"/pixel
Filters: 5.75"x5.75". see Mosaic Filters
Wavelength range: 0.34-1.0 micron

 

 

    

 

CTIO Support Scientist
Staff Contacts:

Andrea Kunder : akunderATctio.noao.edu Primary contact
Sean Points : spointsATctio.noao.edu  
Alistair Walker : awalkerATctio.noao.edu  
Chris Smith : csmithATctio.noao.edu  
Tim Abbott : tabbottATctio.noao.edu  

 

Last updated: 9 August 2012