MuSCAT3: a 4-color simultaneous camera for the 2m Faulkes Telescope North

Bibcode
2020SPIE11447E..5KN
DOI
10.1117/12.2559947
Narita, Norio; Fukui, Akihiko; Yamamuro, Tomoyasu; Harbeck, Daniel; Bowman, Mark; Elphick, Mark; Nation, Jon; Armstrong, J. D.; Han, Jacqueline; Abe, Shunichi; Ikoma, Masahiro; Isogai, Keisuke; Kawauchi, Kiyoe; Kurita, Seiya; Kusakabe, Nobuhiko; de Leon, Jerome; Livingston, John; Mori, Mayuko; Nishiumi, Taku; Tamura, Motohide; Watanabe, Noriharu; Volgenau, Nikolaus; Heinrich-Josties, Elisabeth; Foale, Steve; Daily, Matt; McCully, Curtis; Kirby, Annie; Smith, Cary; Haworth, Brian; Conway, Patrick; Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa; Rosing, Wayne; Chatelain, Joey; Bachelet, Etienne; Johnson, Marshall; Rabus, Markus
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Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series

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12
2020
Number of authors
36
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
36
Refereed citations
32
Description
We report the development of MuSCAT3, a four channel simultaneous imager installed on the 2m Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawai'i. MuSCAT3 has a capability of 4-color simultaneous imaging in g (400-550 nm), r (550-700 nm), i (700-820 nm), and zs (820-920 nm) bands with four independent 2048×2048 pixel CCDs, each having a field of view of 9.1×9.1 arcmin2 with a pixel scale of 0.27 arcsec per pixel. The development of MuSCAT3 started from September 2019, and MuSCAT3 achieved its first light on September 28th, 2020. The Las Cumbres Observatory started science operations of MuSCAT3 since November 4th, 2020, although a part of its capabilities are still limited.
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Non-refereed

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