Suprime-Cam

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.

• Information on the upgrade work

Instrument

• Basic instrument parameters
• CCD information
• Available general filters and sensitivities
• User filter acceptance policy: English Japanese
• Filter operation policy: English Japanese

Observation

• Guide to exposure times
• Exposure Time Calculator

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).

• SDFRED: English Japanese

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