Detector technology

CCD

The charge-coupled device, the detector that transformed optical astronomy — a silicon chip that converts light into electric charge with high efficiency and low noise, read out pixel by pixel. It replaced photographic plates and remains the standard optical detector; Rubin's camera is built from a mosaic of them.

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›The chip that replaced the photographic plate

Photometry
Visible light
Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Used across the frontier

Image Stacking

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Associated withPhotometry
Associated withVisible light
Associated withVera C. Rubin Observatory
Associated withImage Stacking
Associated withAstrophotography
Associated withCalibration Frames

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NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.

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CCD

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Facilities, methods & instruments

Used across the frontier

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CCD

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Facilities, methods & instruments

Used across the frontier

Knowledge connections

Sources