The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric Camera

James E. Gunn(Princeton University), M. A. Carr(Princeton University), Constance M. Rockosi(Princeton University), M. Sekiguchi(Princeton University), Kacey Berry(Princeton University), Brian Elms(Princeton University), E. de Haas(Princeton University), Željko Ivezić(Princeton University), G. R. Knapp(Princeton University), Robert H. Lupton(Princeton University), George Pauls(Princeton University), Robert A. Simcoe(Princeton University), R. Hirsch(University of Chicago), Dale Sanford(University of Chicago), S. Wang(University of Chicago), Donald G. York(University of Chicago), Fred Harris(United States Naval Observatory), J. Annis(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), L. Bartozek(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), William N. Boroski(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Jon Arne Bakken(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), M. Haldeman(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Kent(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Holm(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Holmgren(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Petravick(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Angela Prosapio(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), R. Rechenmacher(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Mamoru Doi(Tokyo University of Science), M. Fukugita(Tokyo University of Science), Kazuhiro Shimasaku(Tokyo University of Science), N. Okada(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Charles L. H. Hull(University of Washington), Walter A. Siegmund(University of Washington), Edward J. Mannery(University of Washington), Morley M. Blouke, D. Heidtman, Donald P. Schneider(Pennsylvania State University), Rich Lucinio, J. Brinkman
The Astronomical Journal
December 1, 1998
10.1086/300645
Cited by 1,692Open Access
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Abstract

We have constructed a large format mosaic CCD camera for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The camera consists of two arrays, a photometric array which uses 30 2048\\Theta2048 SITe/Tektronix CCDs (24 micron pixels) with an effective imaging area of 720 cm 2 , and an astrometric array which uses 24 400\\Theta2048 CCDs with the same pixel size which will allow us to tie bright astrometric standard stars to the objects imaged in the photometric camera. The instrument will be used to carry out photometry essentially simultaneously in five color bands spanning the range accessible to silicon detectors on the ground in the time--delay--and--integrate (TDI) scanning mode. The photometric detectors are arrayed in the focal plane in six columns of five chips each such that two scans cover a filled stripe 2.5 degrees wide. This paper presents engineering and technical details of the camera. 1. Introduction The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is a project undertaking a digitized photometric survey...

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