Detectors

This page contains information on detectors currently available at the WHT and INT. All science detectors at ING now run with ULTRADAS + SDSU controllers. The automatic detector quality control web pages provide regular monitoring of quantities such as bias level, readout noise and others.

For information only details of detectors no longer operational are also available. As are performance figures for detectors when they were running with the Dutch controllers and with SDSU Generation 2 controllers.

WHT CCD Assignments

Instrument

Preferred Detectors

Comments

Controller Generation (from)

Fully
Commissioned?

LIRIS

LIRIS

 

Gen2

Yes

ISIS Blue

EEV12

Under exceptional circumstances a Tek may be made available.

Gen3
(25/01/2007)

Yes

QUCAM3

E2V CCD201 L3 electron multiplying device.

Gen3

Yes


ISIS Red

RED+

Red sensitive device with additional fringe suppression and AR coating peaking at 900nm.

Gen3
(10/12/2006)

Yes

Marconi2

Red Sensitive device.

Gen3 (29/5/2007)

Yes

Tek4

Available for proposals requiring fast spectroscopy mode.

Gen2

Yes

QUCAM2

E2V CCD201 L3 electron multiplying device.

Gen3(8/3/2007)

Yes

ACAM

AUXCAM

Red sensitive device with additional fringe suppression and AR coating peaking at 900nm.

Gen3

Yes

PNS

Marconi2

PNS H-alpha

Gen3 (29/5/2007)

Yes

EEV12

PNS Left

Gen3
(25/01/2007)

Yes

EEV13

PNS right

Gen3
(13/02/2007)

Yes

Spare

Tek2

 

Gen3(23/5/2008)

Yes

Autoguider/TV

AG

Autoguider & Television cameras.

Gen3

Yes

 

 

INT CCD Assignments

Instrument

Preferred Detectors

Comments

Controller Generation

Fully Commissioned?

IDS 235

EEV10a

 

Gen3(22/03/07)

Yes

RED+2

Red sensitive device with additional fringe suppression and AR coating peaking at 900nm.

Gen3

Yes

WFC

WFC

4 × EEV42s.

Gen3(1/03/07)

Yes

 

Detector Performance with Generation 2 Controller

Detector

Date of move
from Gen2 to Gen3

Tek2

23/05/2008

QUCAM1

13/12/07

AG1,AG2,AG3,AG4,AG5,AG6

29/05/07

WHTWFC

01/06/07

Marconi2

29/5/2007

AG0

23/03/2007

EEV10a

22/03/2007

MITLL3

14/03/2007

QUCAM2

8/03/2007

WFC

1/03/2007

EEV13

13/02/2007

EEV12

25/01/2007

RED+

Not applicable

RED+2

Not applicable

RED+4

Not applicable

 

Detectors No Longer Available

Detector

Comments

Date

RED+4

Withdrawn from service, formally used with WYFFOS

13/06/2017

WHTWFC

Withdrawn from service, formally used with WYFFOS and WHT Prime Focus

Dismantled

13/06/2017

1/03/2019

MITLL3

Withdrawn from service

26/11/2015

INGRID

Withdrawn from service

26/11/2015

AG5XF

AG5 Head + 57-10 (Small format) with 2.5v Peltier and  short cable. No longer offered

8/10/2010

AG7simplex

ING Head +57-10 (Small format) with NO peltier cooler. Replaced by Andor camera.

8/10/2010

QUCAM1

Withdrawn from service

06/06/2007

Tek5

Withdrawn from service

08/02/2007

Tek1

Withdrawn from service & dismantled

08/02/2007

Tek6

Withdrawn from service

27/07/2004

SITe1

Moth-balled at JKT

Dismantled

31/07/2003

01/02/2013

SITe2

Withdrawn from service

Dismantled

23/07/2002

28/02/2006

FOS1

Withdrawn from service

Sep 2000

Tek3

Device failure

Dec 1998

EEV9

Withdrawn from service

Aug 1998

EEV3

Withdrawn from service

Aug 1998

EEV10

Replaced by EEV10a

Mar 1998

LOR1a

Withdrawn from service

Early 1998

LOR2

Withdrawn from service

Early 1998

 

Detector Performance with Dutch Controllers

Detector

Date of transfer
to SDSU/ULTRADAS

Site2

December 2001

Tek2

November 2001

Tek1

September 2001

Site1

January 2001

Tek6

January 2001

Tek4

January 2001

EEV12

January 2001

Tek5

August 2000

EEV10a

August 2000

WFC

September 1999

2EEV, EEV13

not applicable

 



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