Nick Kaiser (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii), Jeff Morgan (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii), Brian Stalder (University of Harvard)
Keywords: Astronomy
Abstract:
The Pan-STARRS1 gigapixel camera (GPC1) comprises 1.4 billion pixels and has been operating without significant problem for nearly two years. We will report on the performance of its detectors, the controllers we built for it, the infrastructure necessary to support such a large system, and the software we have written to help out the science mission. We are in the process of building a second camera (GPC2) for the second Pan-STARRS telescope (PS2), and we will discuss the challenges involved, including lessons learned from GPC1, and lay out what we think are the timescales and risks are for replication of this system.
Date of Conference: September 1-4. 2009
Track: Astronomy