First light: November 1993. In 1999 the new WHT mosaic camera saw first light. This consists of two CCDs covering 16×16 arcminutes.
De-commissioned: 20170131
Designed and built by: RGO, with the assistance of Optical Surfaces Ltd for cementing the optics. The new WHT mosaic camera was designed and built by Simon Tulloch (RGO and ING).
Description:
The Prime Focus Imaging Platform (PFIP), which includes a facility for multi-object spectroscopy with AUTOFIB-2 and WYFFOS, consists of the prime focus instrument platform, corrector and atmospheric dispersion corrector (ADC). The new WHT mosaic camera has two 4k×2k EEV CCDs, covering 16 arcminutes at 0.24 arcsec/pixel.
Information: http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/instruments/pfip/index.html
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Publications (ING count: 82; else: 0)
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