ULTRACAM - an ultra-fast, triple-beam CCD camera

2001/10/01 by V. S. Dhillon, Vik Dhillon, Dhillon, Vik +4 · 3 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Vision and Imaging #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #FOS: Physical sciences #Image Processing Techniques and Applications #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0110020

2 pages; Proceedings of the Conference "The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects", in honour of K. Beuermann (Goettingen 2001), eds. B. Gaensicke, K. Beuermann & K. Reinsch

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Abstract

ULTRACAM is an ultra-fast, triple-beam CCD camera which has been designed to study one of the few remaining unexplored regions of observational parameter space - high temporal resolution. The camera will see first light in Spring 2002, at a total cost of GBP 300 k, and will be used on 2-m, 4-m and 8-m class telescopes to study astrophysics on the fastest timescales.

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