Optical Imagers

Optical Imagers [1]

Mosaic Imagers

Dark Energy Camera (DECam) [2]: Prime Focus 520 megapixel camera on the Blanco 4m Telescope [3]
SOAR Optical Imager (SOI) [4] on the SOAR 4.1m Telescope [5]

Single-CCD Imagers

COSMOS [6]: f/8 focus imaging spectrograph on the Blanco 4m Telescope [3]
SAMI [7]: 4kx4k optical imager with partial seeing correction by SOAR Adaptive Module [7]on the SOAR 4.1m telescope [5]
CFCCD [8]: Cassegrain Focus CCD Imager on SMARTS 0.9m Telescope [9]
Y4KCam [10]: 4kX4k optical imager on SMARTS CTIO/Yale 1.0m Telescope [11]
Schmidt NFCCD [12] Newtonian Focus CCD Imager (only available for U. Michigan Observers)

Exposure Times

DECam Exposure Time Calculator is available on the DECam webpage [2]
Exposure Time Calculator [13] (outdated for SMARTS 0.9m - see link below)
SMARTS Exposure Time Calculator [14]

Photometric Standard References

UBVRI standards
- The CADC Astronomical Standards Page [15] is home to the list of Stetson Photometric Standard Fields [16]
Sloan/SDSS filter standards
- Links to ugriz magnitudes, astrometric, and spectral properties [17]

Filters [18]

CCDs and Controllers

CCDs [24]
ARCON [25] ARray CONtroller for CCDs.
Smart Motor Controllers [26]

Historical Information on Sky Conditions

Record of Sky Conditions at Tololo [27]

Retired Instruments

4m MOSAIC II [28] Prime Focus 8K Mosaic CCD Imager (retired March 2012)
4m BTC [29] Prime Focus 4K Mosaic CCD Imager (retired July 1999)
4m LFPFCCD Prime Focus CCD Imager (retired July 1999) [30]
1.5m ASCAP [31] Automated Single Channel Photometer

Links
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/39
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/dark-energy-camera-decam
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Victor-Blanco-4-m-Telescope
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/soar-optical-imager-soi
[5] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/
[6] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/COSMOS
[7] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/soar-adaptive-optics-module-sam
[8] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/cfccd
[9] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/09-m-telescope
[10] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/y4kcam
[11] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/10-m-telescope
[12] http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/schmidt/manuals/schman/schmidt.html
[13] http://www.noao.edu/gateway/ccdtime/
[14] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/SMARTS-Imager-Exposure-Calculator
[15] http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/standards/
[16] http://www4.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/community/STETSON/standards/
[17] http://www-star.fnal.gov/ugriz/index.html
[18] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/filters
[19] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/overview-3
[20] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ctio-various-filters
[21] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ctio-3x3-inch-and-4x4-inch-filters
[22] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/filters/index_new.html
[23] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Filter-Transmission-setup
[24] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/ccd_info/ccd_info.html
[25] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/arcon/arcon.html
[26] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/smc/smc.html
[27] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/site/phot/sky_conditions.html
[28] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/mosaic-ii-ccd-imager
[29] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/pfccd/btc_arw.html
[30] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/sites/default/files/instruments/imagers/LPFCCD%20User%20Manual%20%28with%20Arcon%29.pdf
[31] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/instruments/ascap/ascap.html