RGO Detector Group

Pre-amble

The Detectors Group at the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), Cambridge is responsible for the building, testing and commisioning of low-light level CCD (Charge Coupled Devices) cameras for the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes. These comprise the 4m William Herschel Telescope(WHT), the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope(INT) and the 1m Jacobus Kapetyn Telescope(JKT). we have, over the past 5 years, been involved in procuring devices to up-grade the ING detector capability.

INT JKT

Until about 1990, the camera heads on all the ING telescopes were equipped with devices of, supplied by EEV Ltd, and ranged from the 800x1142 to the 2220x1142 pixel devices. During the early 1990s it was decided to undertake a re-furbishment of the detector capability, in particular an improvemnt to the Blue response of the devices then available.

Current Programmes

• Large EEV 4kx2k Contract
• INT Prime Focus Camera
• WHT Prime Focus Camera
• Infra Red Camera - INGRID
• Loral 2kx2k CCDs
• New CCD Controller Development
• Test and measurement Facilities
• Clean Room Facilities
• LN2 Cooling and Closed Cycle coolers
• Mosaic and CCD flatness measurement
• Spectral Response Measurement
  

Contacts

• PRJ - Group Leader
• APO - Scientist
• DJI - Engineer
• SMT - Scientist
• PT - Scientist
• XFG - Engineer

Some chip types we have operated at the ING, la Palma in the past..-

The Hawaii Infra-Red Array. We are building an Infra-red camera for the ING

some Scientific CCD formats

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