OMEGA-CASS Home Page
Summary:
OMEGA-CASS provides imaging and spectroscopic modes over 1.0 - 2.5 microns. Imaging polarimetry and spectropolarimetry modes are also available.
Detector:
Rockwell 1024 x 1024 HgCdTe
HAWAII
array.
Focal Station:
Mounted at Cassegrain focus with either
f
/10 or
f
/25 with ALFA.
Instrument Responsible:
Jesus Aceituno (at Calar Alto)
Rainer Lenzen (at Heidelberg)
Contact:
coords@caha.es
Observer's manual
General info.
Instrument status
Detector
,
Image Scale
,
Filters
,
Grisms
,
Slits and Masks
,
Polarizers
.
Sensitivities and Calibrations
Dark current
Bad pixel mask
Detector non lineality and saturation
Zero point for imaging and spectroscopy
Sky brightness measurement
Flexures of the instrument
Wavelenght calibration, map of arc lines
Troubleshooting
Checklists and Spares
Software tools
Signal Calculators
for imaging
for spectroscopy
Last update: Jan 2001
J. Aceituno