


Instruments at CTIO by type for the telescopes Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, SMARTS 0.9-meter and SMARTS 1.5-meter telescopes.
Telescope | Instrument | FOV (armin) |
Scale (asec/pix) |
Detector | Wavelegth range (micron) or filters |
Blanco | DECam | 3sq. degrees | 0.263 | 62x 2048X4096 LBNL CCDs |
0.3-1.1 (ugrizY+VR) |
Blanco | COSMOS | 10 arcmin diameter | 0.29 | e2v 2048x4096 | 0.32-0.98 |
0.9-m | Tek2K | 13.6x13.6 | 0.401 | SITe 2048x2048 CCD |
0.31-1.0 |
Telescope | Instrument | FOV | Resolving Power | Detector | Wavelength range (micron) |
Blanco | COSMOS | Long slit - 10 arcmin long slit | ~2,200 with 0.9 arcsec slit | e2v 2048x4096 | 0.32-0.98 |
Blanco | COSMOS | MOS - 5.0x10.0 arcmin | ~2,200 with 0.9 arcsec slit | e2v 2048x4096 | 0.32-0.98 |
1.5-m | CHIRON | one star | <140,000 | 4096x4096 | 0.41-0.87 |