Status of the Dark Energy Survey Camera (DECam) Project
Description/Abstract
The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration has completed construction of the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), a 3 square degree, 570 Megapixel CCD camera which will be mounted on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at CTIO. DECam will be used to perform the 5000 sq. deg. Dark Energy Survey with 30% of the telescope time over a 5 year period. During the remainder of the time, and after the survey, DECam will be available as a community instrument. All components of DECam have been shipped to Chile and post-shipping checkout finished in Jan. 2012. Installation is in progress. A summary of lessons learned and an update of the performance of DECam and the status of the DECam installation and commissioning will be presented.
| Creator/Author: | Flaugher, Brenna L. ; Abbott, Timothy M.C. ; Angstadt, Robert ; Annis, Jim ; Antonik, Michelle, L. ; Bailey, Jim ; Ballester, Otger. ; Bernstein, Joseph P. ; Bernstein, Rebbeca ; Bonati, Marco ; Bremer, Gale ; /Fermilab /Cerro-Tololo InterAmerican Obs. /ANL /Texas A-M /Michigan U. /Illinois U., Urbana /Ohio State U. /University Coll. London /LBNL /SLAC /IFAE |
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| Publication Date: | 2012 Jun 29 |
| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI ID: 1044923 |
| Report Number(s): | FERMILAB-CONF-12-317-AE-E |
| DOE Contract Number: | AC02-07CH11359 |
| Other Number(s): | TRN: US1203424 |
| Resource Type: | Conference |
| Resource Relation: | Conference: Presented at SPIE International Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Kona, Hawaii, 20-27 Mar 1998 |
| Research Org: | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL |
| Sponsoring Org: | DOE Office of Science |
| Subject: | 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CAMERAS; COMMISSIONING; CONSTRUCTION; PERFORMANCE; TELESCOPES; NONLUMINOUS MATTER |
| Related Subject: | Astrophysics |
| Country of Publication: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Size: 15 pages |
| Update Date: | 2012 Dec 05 |
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