Introduction

The camera proposed will use a Brocam controller and a 2kx2k 13.5 micron chip mounted in a camera box of similar design as used by the other cameras built at CUO. The cooling will be changed to a closed cycle engine to avoid thermally varying flexures. A broadband CCD chip is used to cover the whole spectral range of FIES (350-820 nm)

Status

December 9, 2002:

1.   A new CCD chip has been ordered from E2V Technologies. The chip is a 2kx2x 13.5micron pixel of the following type:

CCD42-4001-B83 with a price tag of 18.500 £

It has a 'astro broadband response' and comes in a ceramic package with a metal base. Delivery will take place in January 2003.

2.  A closed cooling system, the Cryotiger, has been ordered to avoid variation in the thermal environment and the varying weight of a Nitrogen dewar.

3.    Drawings of the exit flange of the FIES optical camera have been sent to CUO to enable the workshop at CUO to construct a new camera box for FIES of a similar design as the other systems at the NOT.