Acquisition cameras and wavefront sensors for the GTC 10-m telescope

Kohley, Ralf; Suárez Valles, Marcos; Burley, Gregory S.; Cavaller Marqués, Lluis; Vilela, Rafael; Justribó, Tomás
Bibliographical reference

Astronomical Structures and Mechanisms Technology. Edited by Antebi, Joseph; Lemke, Dietrich. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5495, pp. 489-498 (2004).

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2004
Number of authors
6
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4
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0
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0
Description
The GTC Acquisition Cameras and Wavefront Sensors are based on a modular design with remote, low-profile and lightweight CCD heads and a compact CCD controller. The cameras employ E2V Technologies Peltier cooled CCD47-20 and CCD39-01 detectors, which achieve 1Hz and 200Hz full frame readouts, respectively. The CCD controller is a modified version of the Magellan CCD controller (Greg Burley - OCIW), which is linked to the GTC control system. We present the detailed design and first performance results of the cameras.