Which detector ?

The first part of this chapter described the two types of electronic detector available on La Palma, the CCDs and the IPCS. This section describes how to decide which of these is best suited for a particular observation.

• General Signal and Noise considerations
• A comparison between CCD and IPCS
• Other considerations
  • Detector size
  • Real time data display
  • Time resolution
  • Saturation
  • Cosmic ray events
  • Cosmetic defects
  • Fringing
  • Geometric distortion