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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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SUMMARY:Update of Fastcam, the lucky imaging instrument at the Observatorio
 s de Canarias (OCAN)
DESCRIPTION:Update of Fastcam, the lucky imaging instrument at the Observat
 orios de Canarias (OCAN)\nDr. David Nespral\n\nFastCam is an instrument de
 signed to obtain high spatial       resolution images in the optical wavel
 ength range from       ground-based telescopes by using the Lucky Imaging 
 technique. This       technique       is based on the idea of registering 
 the instants of atmospheric       stability, typically lasting just some  
      milliseconds, using very short exposures. The instrument consists    
    of a very low noise and very fast       readout speed EMCCD camera capa
 ble of reaching the diffraction       limit of medium-sized telescopes    
    from 380 to 1000 nm.       At the beginning of 2019, a new camera was c
 ommissioned. Now the       instrument makes use of       an Andor iXon DU-
 888U3-CSO#BV back-illuminated system containing a       1024x1024 pixel fr
 ame       transfer CCD sensor from E2V Technologies. The pixel size is 13 
       microns and the camera allows       up to 30 exposures per second. A
  new update of the camera       acquisition software is currently being   
     worked on. A complete characterisation of the detector is also       b
 eing carried out in order to better       understand and exploit all the p
 erformances of the instrument,       applying particular configurations   
     for each scientific case. A standard reduction of the data is also    
    being implemented in order to       offer it to all users of the instru
 ment.       The first FastCam was an instrument jointly developed by the  
      Spanish Instituto de Astrofísica de       Canarias (IAC) and t
 he Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena which       started in 2006
 . Since then,       the IAC assumed the instrument and tested it on severa
 l telescopes       of the OOCC, among them       the Nordic Telescope (NOT
 ) where images were obtained in the       optical domain diffraction-limit
 ed       with high contrast, reaching a resolution of 0.1”/px.      
  Currently FastCam is a common-user instrument at the Cassegrain       foc
 us of the 1.52-meter Carlos       Sánchez Telescope (TCS, Teide Obs
 ervatory) where observations are       being made to calibrate the       d
 etector with sky tests. The idea is that in the near future it       will 
 be installed in the NOT to finish the       commissioning process of the n
 ew camera and the whole acquisition       system so that this instrument  
      can be used by the international community.\n 
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