Bibcode
Velasco, S.; Oscoz, A.; López, R. L.; Puga, M.; Pérez-Garrido, A.; Pallé, E.; Ricci, D.; Ayuso, I.; Hernández-Sánchez, M.; Vázquez-Martín, S.; Protasio, C.; Béjar, V. S.; Truant, N.
Referencia bibliográfica
Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics IX, Proceedings of the XII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 18-22, 2016, in Bilbao, Spain, ISBN 978-84-606-8760-3. S. Arribas, A. Alonso-Herrero, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, A. Sánchez-Lavega, S. Pérez-Hoyos (eds.), 2017 , p. 707-707
Fecha de publicación:
3
2017
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
The evident benefits of Electron Multiplying CCDs (EMCCDs) -speed, high
sensitivity, low noise and their capability of detecting single photon
events whilst maintaining high quantum efficiency- are bringing these
kinds of detectors to many state-of-the-art astronomical instruments
(Velasco et al. 2016; Oscoz et al. 2008). The EMCCDs are the perfect
answer to the need for great sensitivity levels as they are not limited
by the readout noise of the output amplifier, while conventional CCDs
are, even when operated at high readout frame rates. Here we present a
quantitative on-sky method to calibrate EMCCD detectors dedicated to
astronomical imaging, developed during the commissioning process
(Velasco et al. 2016) and first observations (Ricci et al. 2016, in
prep.) with Wide FastCam (Marga et al. 2014) at Telescopio Carlos
Sánchez (TCS) in the Observatorio del Teide.