S-Cam 3: Optical astronomy with a STJ-based imaging spectrophotometer

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Apr 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006nimpa.559..598v&link_type=abstract

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 559, Issue 2, p. 598-601.

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S-Cam 3 is the third generation of a cryogenic camera, based on superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs), for ground-based optical astronomy, deployed at the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) at La Palma (Spain). It exploits a 10×12 pixel array of Ta/Al STJs, covering a field of view of ˜9″×11″ on the sky. The wavelength band extends from 330 750 nm, with a wavelength resolving power of ˜10 at 500 nm. The detectors are operated at ˜285 mK, achieved with a double stage 4He 3He sorption cooler. Each pixel has its own electronic readout chain at room temperature, with a JFET-based charge sensitive preamplifier. The instrument has undergone extensive testing and calibration, followed by the first observation campaign at La Palma in July 2004. This campaign has focused on point sources with time variability, exploiting the instrument's unique combination of spectrophotometry with high time resolution.

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