WFCAM – The UKIRT Wide Field Camera
Documentation
| Description of WFCAM | Focal plane layout, filters, autoguider. |
| Performance | WFCAM zeropoints, signal to noise ratio calculations, throughput, sensitivity tables, blank sky brightness, twilight flat fields |
| Preparing your Observation | Observing terminology, guidelines for scientific survey MSB design, microstepping, calibrations (standard darks). |
| Submitting MSBs | |
| WFCAM Data Handling | Raw data flow, pipeline processing, access to WFCAM data |
| Frequently Asked Questions | |
| Technical Information | Detector array characteristics, readout modes, noise, gain |
| Troubleshooting | Nighttime troubleshooting tips Image quality problems checklist WFCAM focus positions Notes on focusing |
Engineering & Commissioning
- ATC WFCAM Pages
- WFCAM Commissioning Page
- Engineering History
- Fieldlens contamination images
- Running UCLIENT
- Running WFCAM with fewer than four cameras
- Safe temperature limits for operating WFCAM after a warmup
- WFCAM daytime checks
- Current M2 and internal filter offsets
Photos
Contacts
- Watson Varricatt is the instrument scientist for WFCAM.
- Tom Kerr is the secondary support scientist.
- See the ATC WFCAM Pages for contacts at the ATC where WFCAM was built.