The performance of the blue prime focus large binocular camera at the large binocular telescope

2008/01/31 by E. Giallongo, Roberto Ragazzoni, R. Ragazzoni +31 · 5 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Channel (broadcasting) #Computer science #Field of view #Focus (optics) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Geology #Large Binocular Telescope #Mathematics #Optics #Physics #Prime (order theory) #Remote sensing #Telecommunications #Telescope #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078402

Accepted for publication in A&A. Uses aa.cls, 10 pages, 10 figures. Zero points changed in Table 2

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Abstract

Aims. We present the characteristics and some early scientific results of the first instrument at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), the Large Binocular Camera (LBC). Each LBT telescope unit will be equipped with similar prime focus cameras. The blue channel is optimized for imaging in the bands and the red channel for imaging in the VRIz bands. The corrected field-of-view of each camera is approximately 30 arcmin in diameter, and the chip area is equivalent to a 2323 arcmin2 field. In this paper we also present the commissioning results of the blue channel.

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