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science |
high time-resolution astrophysics.
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imaging |
simultaneously images a 5 arcminute field in
3 colours (e.g. u', g' and r'/i'/z') onto
3 frame-transfer CCD chips.
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speed |
exposure times of milliseconds to seconds with essentially no dead-time
between exposures, each time stamped to an absolute accuracy of
0.01 milliseconds.
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sensitivity |
limiting magnitudes of 17 in 0.001 millisecond exposures on the VLT.
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operations |
java-based user interface (i.e. operation over internet); pipeline data reduction and
archiving system
(i.e. real-time light curves); small (<1 m), light (<100 kg),
standalone (i.e. no interface to telescope required) instrument.
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status |
currently under construction by Universities of Sheffield
and Southampton and the UKATC,
to be commissioned on the WHT in February 2002.
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VLT |
ULTRACAM clone could easily be provided for the VLT within
2 years (i.e. late 2003/early 2004) for less
than £300 000 (i.e. 500 000 Euros).
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