FAST CCD: Historical record 1994-2011
Created 02/07/11 by EF
FAST CCD history from /data/fast/rawdata FITS headers:
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FAST0?
1994.0108:
0006.SN1993J
First light, observers: Fabricant, Geary, Caldwell, Groner, Zajac
No indication of detector in headers
2688x512 pix, Loral not thinned (Fabricant et al. 1998, PASP 110, 79)
Through 1994.0717
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FAST1
1994.0903:
0002.unnamed
DETECTOR= 'thin_01 ' /DETECTOR IDENTIFIER
RAMPROG = serial parallel skip 99 repeat 160 add 2 end skip 93 repeat 16
RAMPROG = add 2 end
2720x512 pix, thinned
Through 1998.0418
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FAST2
1998.0419:
0001.COMP.fits
DETECTOR= 'thin_01 ' /DETECTOR IDENTIFIER
RAMPROG0= 'serial parallel repeat 128 add 4 end repeat 8 add 4 end '
2720x512 pix, thinned
Through 2006.0619
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FAST3
2006.0620:
0001.BIAS.fits
DETECTOR= 'FAST3 ' / DETECTOR ID
CCDSERIA= 'STA520A SN4377 ' / CHIP ID
2688x512 pix, thinned, no UV flooding
The first version arrived at FLWO on 14 October 2005, but it had problems
(see the hardware status page).
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