Suprime-Cam
This page is under modification (08/07/2008)Introduction
The Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) is a mosaic of ten 2048 x 4096 CCDs, located at the prime focus of Subaru Telescope, which covers a 34' x 27' field of view with a pixel scale of 0.20''.
When referring to Suprime-Cam in a paper, please use the following citation.
Suprime-Cam Upgrade Plan
Detailed information on the upgrade plan for the Suprime-Cam can be found at the below link.
Instrument
- Basic instrument parameters
- CCD information
- Available general filters and sensitivities
- User filter acceptance policy: English Japanese
- Filter operation policy: English Japanese
Observation
Data Analysis
An example of a data reduction package for Suprime-Cam named 'SDFRED' is introduced in the webpages below maintained at Mitaka, NAOJ (Links to an external domain).
Further information
Questions regarding Suprime-Cam should be directed to Hisanori Furusawa. Please note that all numbers on these pages are subject to change as the performance of Suprime-Cam is better determined.
23 November 2004