Palomar 200-inch Telescope:

Cassegrain CCD Camera

Status: Observatory Instrument

f/9 Optics:

• 18-inch dia doublet (K7/F2); 5500Å

• 18-inch dia triplet (K7/F2/F2); 5500Å

• Lenses are 38 inches above the focal plane and are AR-coated.

Scale:

• f/9:4.51 arcsec/mm

• f/16:2.54 arcsec/mm

Shutter:

• 64 mm (field stop)

• f/9:~288 arcsec

• f/16:~162 arcsec

Detector:

• CCD 15/CCD 16: 1024 × 1024; 24µ pixels

• CCD 13: 2048 × 2048; 24µ pixels (vignetted)

Field:

Scale assumes 24 micron pixels and 1024² CCD.

Filter Wheel:

• 8 slots, wheel position controlled at VAX terminal in control room.

Filter Cells:

• 2 × 2 × 0.44 inches

• 3 x 3 holders for CCD 13

Filters: note that other filter options may be available from the 2" x 2" filter stock at the 60", send inquiries to; Jeff Hickey

Mounting surface to focal plane:

• CCD: 0.625 inches (min)

• PAPA Camera Adaptor: 1.0 inches (min)

Offset Guider:

• Xybion intensified CCD

• Field:

  • f/9: 120 arcsec dia

  • f/16: 70 arcsec dia

• Range:

  • 0 to 7 arcmin radius

  • Guider occults field < 4 arcmin