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WFCAM - The UKIRT Wide Field Camera

WFCAM - The UKIRT Wide Field Camera

News and Updates


September 17, 2008
WFCAM is back on the telescope.
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


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: Wed Sep 24 11:56:19 HST 2008

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