2010/11/26 by Tim Jenness, David Berry, Jenness, Tim +12
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1011.5876
4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XX, 2011, ASP Conf Ser
arxiv created 2010/11/26 · openalex publication_date 2010/11/26 · arxiv updated 2010/11/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
SCUBA-2 is the largest submillimetre array camera in the world and was commissioned on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) with two arrays towards the end of 2009. A period of shared-risks observing was then completed and the full planned complement of 8 arrays, 4 at 850 microns and 4 at 450 microns, are now installed and ready to be commissioned. SCUBA-2 has 10,240 bolometers, corresponding to a data rate of 8 MB/s when sampled at the nominal rate of 200 Hz. The pipeline produces useful maps in near real time at the telescope and often publication quality maps in the JCMT Science Archive (JSA) hosted at the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC).