A Large Area CCD Camera for the Schmidt Telescope at the Venezuelan National Astronomical Observatory

C. Baltay , J. A. Snyder , P. Andrews , W. Emmet , B. Schaefer , J. Sinnott , C. Bailyn , P. Coppi

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A. Oemler C. N. Sabbey S. Sofia W. van Altena A. K. Vivas C. Abad C. Briceno G. Bruzual G. Magris J. Stock F. Della Prugna Ge. Sanchez Gu. Sanchez H. Schenner B. Adams M. Gebhard R. K. Honeycutt J. Musser F. Harris J. Geary (the QUEST Collaboration)

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We have designed, constructed and put into operation a large area CCD camera that covers a large fraction of the image plane of the 1 meter Schmidt telescope at Llano del Hato in Venezuela. The camera consists of 16 CCD devices arranged in a 4 x 4 mosaic covering 2.3 degrees x 3.5 degrees of sky. The CCDs are 2048 x 2048 LORAL devices with 15 micron pixels. The camera is optimized for drift scan photometry and objective prism spectroscopy. The design considerations, construction features and performance parameters are described in the following article.

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A Large Area CCD Camera for the Schmidt Telescope at the Venezuelan National Astronomical Observatory

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