TY - JOUR
T1 - PlanetCam UPV/EHU
T2 - A two-channel lucky imaging camera for solar system studies in the spectral range 0.38-1.7μm
AU - Mendikoa, Iñigo
AU - Sánchez-Lavega, Agustín
AU - Pérez-Hoyos, Santiago
AU - Hueso, Ricardo
AU - Rojas, José Félix
AU - Aceituno, Jesús
AU - Aceituno, Francisco
AU - Murga, Gaizka
AU - De Bilbao, Lander
AU - García-Melendo, Enrique
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - We present PlanetCam UPV/EHU, an astronomical camera designed fundamentally for high-resolution imaging of Solar System planets using the "lucky imaging" technique. The camera observes in a wavelength range from 380 nm to 1.7 μm and the driving science themes are atmosphere dynamics and vertical cloud structure of Solar System planets. The design comprises two configurations that include one channel (visible wavelengths) or two combined channels (visible and short wave infrared) working simultaneously at selected wavelengths by means of a dichroic beam splitter. In this paper the camera components for the two configurations are described, as well as camera performance and the different tests done for the precise characterization of its radiometric and astrometric capabilities at high spatial resolution. Finally, some images of solar system objects are presented as well as photometric results and different scientific cases on astronomical targets.
AB - We present PlanetCam UPV/EHU, an astronomical camera designed fundamentally for high-resolution imaging of Solar System planets using the "lucky imaging" technique. The camera observes in a wavelength range from 380 nm to 1.7 μm and the driving science themes are atmosphere dynamics and vertical cloud structure of Solar System planets. The design comprises two configurations that include one channel (visible wavelengths) or two combined channels (visible and short wave infrared) working simultaneously at selected wavelengths by means of a dichroic beam splitter. In this paper the camera components for the two configurations are described, as well as camera performance and the different tests done for the precise characterization of its radiometric and astrometric capabilities at high spatial resolution. Finally, some images of solar system objects are presented as well as photometric results and different scientific cases on astronomical targets.
KW - Atmospheres - techniques
KW - High angular resoltuion
KW - High angular resolution - planets and satellites
KW - Instrumentation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84973548100
U2 - 10.1088/1538-3873/128/961/035002
DO - 10.1088/1538-3873/128/961/035002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973548100
SN - 0004-6280
VL - 128
JO - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
JF - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
IS - 961
M1 - 035002
ER -