Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle

2 M Telescope - Optical CCD Imager

The optical CCD imager is based on an E2V 2K X 4K chip with pixel size of 15 micron. The image scale and field covered with this CCD are ideally suited to exploit the telescope under sub-arcsecond seeing conditions.

Recent tests at the telescope indicated a fine tuning of the CCD electronics, which is being done at the laboratory at IIA, Bangalore.

At present, the Photometrics 1K X 1K CCD system is available for use.

  • Instrument Specifications

    • CCD

    2048 X 4096, 15 micron pixels;
    thinned, back illuminated, VISAR coated

    Image Scale

    0.17 arcsec/pixel

    FOV

    5.9 X 11.8 arcmin

    Filters

    Bessell UBVRI, I_c, z
    372.7(5), 486.1(5), 500.7(5), 656.3(5), 672.4(5),
    664.3(10), 680.4(10), 688.4(10), 696.4(10), 704.4(10), 712.4(10), 906.9(10)

Last updated on: February 20, 2024