ULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics

ULTRACAM is a portable, high-speed imaging photometer designed to study faint astronomical objects at high temporal resolutions. ULTRACAM employs two dichroic beamsplitters and three frame-transfer CCD cameras to provide three-colour optical imaging at frame rates of up to 500 Hz. The instrument has...

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Päätekijät: Dhillon, V, Marsh, T, Stevenson, M, Atkinson, D, Kerry, P, Peacocke, P, Vick, A, Beard, S, Ives, D, Lunney, D, McLay, SA, Tierney, C, Kelly, J, Littlefair, S, Nicholson, R, Pashley, R, Harlaftis, E, O'Brien, K
Aineistotyyppi: Journal article
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Julkaistu: 2007
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author Dhillon, V
Marsh, T
Stevenson, M
Atkinson, D
Kerry, P
Peacocke, P
Vick, A
Beard, S
Ives, D
Lunney, D
McLay, SA
Tierney, C
Kelly, J
Littlefair, S
Nicholson, R
Pashley, R
Harlaftis, E
O'Brien, K
author_facet Dhillon, V
Marsh, T
Stevenson, M
Atkinson, D
Kerry, P
Peacocke, P
Vick, A
Beard, S
Ives, D
Lunney, D
McLay, SA
Tierney, C
Kelly, J
Littlefair, S
Nicholson, R
Pashley, R
Harlaftis, E
O'Brien, K
author_sort Dhillon, V
collection OXFORD
description ULTRACAM is a portable, high-speed imaging photometer designed to study faint astronomical objects at high temporal resolutions. ULTRACAM employs two dichroic beamsplitters and three frame-transfer CCD cameras to provide three-colour optical imaging at frame rates of up to 500 Hz. The instrument has been mounted on both the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope on La Palma and the 8.2-m Very Large Telescope in Chile, and has been used to study white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, pulsars, black hole/neutron star X-ray binaries, gamma-ray bursts, cataclysmic variables, eclipsing binary stars, extrasolar planets, flare stars, ultracompact binaries, active galactic nuclei, asteroseismology and occultations by Solar System objects (Titan, Pluto and Kuiper Belt objects). In this paper we describe the scientific motivation behind ULTRACAM, present an outline of its design and report on its measured performance. © 2007 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2007 RAS.
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spelling oxford-uuid:71539b33-9e4b-4d7f-ab27-2da740900d3c2022-03-26T19:42:51ZULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysicsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:71539b33-9e4b-4d7f-ab27-2da740900d3cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Dhillon, VMarsh, TStevenson, MAtkinson, DKerry, PPeacocke, PVick, ABeard, SIves, DLunney, DMcLay, SATierney, CKelly, JLittlefair, SNicholson, RPashley, RHarlaftis, EO'Brien, KULTRACAM is a portable, high-speed imaging photometer designed to study faint astronomical objects at high temporal resolutions. ULTRACAM employs two dichroic beamsplitters and three frame-transfer CCD cameras to provide three-colour optical imaging at frame rates of up to 500 Hz. The instrument has been mounted on both the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope on La Palma and the 8.2-m Very Large Telescope in Chile, and has been used to study white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, pulsars, black hole/neutron star X-ray binaries, gamma-ray bursts, cataclysmic variables, eclipsing binary stars, extrasolar planets, flare stars, ultracompact binaries, active galactic nuclei, asteroseismology and occultations by Solar System objects (Titan, Pluto and Kuiper Belt objects). In this paper we describe the scientific motivation behind ULTRACAM, present an outline of its design and report on its measured performance. © 2007 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2007 RAS.
spellingShingle Dhillon, V
Marsh, T
Stevenson, M
Atkinson, D
Kerry, P
Peacocke, P
Vick, A
Beard, S
Ives, D
Lunney, D
McLay, SA
Tierney, C
Kelly, J
Littlefair, S
Nicholson, R
Pashley, R
Harlaftis, E
O'Brien, K
ULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
title ULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
title_full ULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
title_fullStr ULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
title_full_unstemmed ULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
title_short ULTRACAM: An ultrafast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
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