First light (at ING): November 2020
Designed and built by: ING
Description: The Prime Focus QHY camera (PF-QHY) is an optical back-illuminated 16-bit sCMOS camera temporarily for use at the prime focus for the new WEAVE optical corrector of the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (WHT). Two cameras were actually deployed: on-axis and near the border of the field of view.
Time allocations:
Time allocated since semester 2007B
Instrument information: http://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/pf-qhy/index.html