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WFCAM - The UKIRT Wide Field Camera

WFCAM - The UKIRT Wide Field Camera

News and Updates


June 16, 2008 WFCAM has been taken off the telescope.
February 4, 2008
WFCAM is back on the telescope.
December 3, 2007
WFCAM has been taken off the telescope. It will come back at the beginning of February 2008.
September 11, 2007
WFCAM resumes normal operations after successful work on the cold head
August 31, 2007
Due to a problem with cryogenic systems, WFCAM will be taken off the telescope. We expect to resume operations on September 11th
August 1, 2007
WFCAM returns to the telescope
July 15, 2007
Call for Service proposal for WFCAM. Please see the JAC/UKIRT service page
May 15, 2007
WFCAM has been taken off the telescope


Documentation

  • Performance: WFCAM zeropoints, Signal to Noise ratio calculations, Throughput, Sensitivity tables, Blank sky brightness, Twilight flat fields 

Engineering, Commisioning etc

Pretty pictures, Photos etc

Contacts

  • Tom Kerr is the instrument scientist for WFCAM.
  • Luca Rizzi is the secondary support scientist.
  • See the ATC WFCAM Pages for contacts at the ATC where WFCAM was built.

Contact: Luca Rizzi. Updated: Thu Jun 26 10:47:48 HST 2008

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