Kitt Peak 2.1m Telescope and KPED Instrument Information

Diagrams of the telescope and images

KPED Instrument Paper

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