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C. Baltay | Zendy; D. Rabinowitz | Zendy; P. Andrews | Zendy; A. Bauer | Zendy; N. Ellman | Zendy; W. Emmet | Zendy; R. S. Hudson | Zendy; T. Hurteau | Zendy; J. Jerke | Zendy; R. Lauer | Zendy; Julia Silge | Zendy; A. E. Szymkowiak | Zendy; B. Adams | Zendy; M. Gebhard | Zendy; J. Musser | Zendy; Michael W. Doyle | Zendy; Henry W. Petrie | Zendy; R. Smith | Zendy; R. Thicksten | Zendy; John C. Geary | Zendy

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The QUEST Large Area CCD Camera

Author(s) -

C. Baltay,

D. Rabinowitz,

P. Andrews,

A. Bauer,

N. Ellman,

W. Emmet,

R. S. Hudson,

T. Hurteau,

J. Jerke,

R. Lauer,

Julia Silge,

A. E. Szymkowiak,

B. Adams,

M. Gebhard,

J. Musser,

Michael W. Doyle,

Henry W. Petrie,

R. Smith,

R. Thicksten,

John C. Geary

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

publications of the astronomical society of the pacific

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.294

H-Index - 172

eISSN - 1538-3873

pISSN - 0004-6280

DOI - 10.1086/523899

Subject(s) - sky , telescope , schmidt camera , observatory , physics , pixel , field of view , remote sensing , optics , astronomy , geology

We have designed, constructed and put into operation a very large area CCDcamera that covers the field of view of the 1.2 m Samuel Oschin SchmidtTelescope at the Palomar Observatory. The camera consists of 112 CCDs arrangedin a mosaic of four rows with 28 CCDs each. The CCDs are 600 x 2400 pixelSarnoff thinned, back illuminated devices with 13 um x 13 um pixels. The cameracovers an area of 4.6 deg x 3.6 deg on the sky with an active area of 9.6square degrees. This camera has been installed at the prime focus of thetelescope, commissioned, and scientific quality observations on thePalomar-QUEST Variability Sky Survey were started in September of 2003. Thedesign considerations, construction features, and performance parameters ofthis camera are described in this paper

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