Suprime-Cam
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Suprime-Cam is a wide-field optical imaging camera used on the Subaru Telescope to capture deep, high-resolution images of the night sky.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suprime-Cam canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Subaru Telescope instrument
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astronomical camera ⓘ wide-field optical imager ⓘ |
| bandpass |
broad-band optical filters
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narrow-band optical filters ⓘ |
| capability |
deep imaging to very faint magnitudes
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wide-field high-resolution imaging ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| detectorType | CCD ⓘ |
| fieldOfView |
approximately 0.25 square degrees
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approximately 34 arcminutes by 27 arcminutes ⓘ |
| hostTelescopeLocation | Mauna Kea, Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostTelescopeOperator | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imageQuality | high-resolution imaging ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii
NERFINISHED
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Mauna Kea Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Subaru Telescope prime focus ⓘ |
| mounting | prime focus of Subaru Telescope ⓘ |
| notableSurvey |
COSMOS field imaging
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Subaru Deep Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observatory | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observingMode | imaging ⓘ |
| operatedAt | Subaru Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pixelScale | approximately 0.2 arcseconds per pixel ⓘ |
| scienceGoal |
Milky Way structure studies
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cluster of galaxies studies ⓘ deep imaging of the night sky ⓘ galaxy evolution studies ⓘ high-redshift galaxy searches ⓘ large-scale structure mapping ⓘ weak gravitational lensing studies ⓘ wide-field surveys ⓘ |
| scienceOutput |
cosmology
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galaxy formation and evolution ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ |
| status | first-generation wide-field imager of Subaru Telescope ⓘ |
| successorInstrument | Hyper Suprime-Cam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| telescopeAperture | 8.2-m Subaru Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| telescopeType | optical-infrared reflecting telescope ⓘ |
| usedFor |
deep, wide-field optical surveys
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follow-up of spectroscopic surveys ⓘ imaging of faint distant galaxies ⓘ imaging of galaxy clusters ⓘ multi-band imaging ⓘ searches for supernovae ⓘ weak lensing mass mapping ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | optical ⓘ |
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