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PF-QHY (or TWFC1/2): Prime Focus QHY Camera (or the Tiny Wide Field Camera)

— Prime Focus (WEAVE optics) sCMOS camera —


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



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