Kitt Peak 2.1m Telescope and KPED Instrument Information

Diagrams of the telescope and images

KPED Instrument Paper

• Arxiv Link

Instrument

Hardware

1. EMCCD – Andor iXon 888
2. Filter Wheel – Finger Lakes (10 slot)
3. Filters – Johnson UBVRI, Sloan g and r
4. Corrector Lens
5. Mounting plates
6. Computer

Software

1. EMCCD – Andor SDK + Python wrapper
2. Filter Wheel – FLI SDK + Python wrapper
3. Telescope Control – Robo-AO
4. Reductions – Robo-AO + Chimera

Telescope/Camera

1. F/# = 4.864
2. FOV = 4.4 x 4.4 arcmin
3. 2.1 meter primary