COCAM: Cometary camera

First light (at ING): Feb 1997.

Designed and built by: ING

Description:

CoCAM was fabricated by staff of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) in order to obtain high-quality, wide field images (on a nightly basis) of the comet Hale-Bopp. CoCAM is specially important due to its large field of view which is 20 degrees. So CoCAM is able to image the entire comet and tail.

Time allocations:
Nights scheduled since semester 2007B

Instrument information: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/HB/CoCAM.html

Research impact:

Scientific highlights (1)

Outreach:

Media releases (2)