MDM Observatory's 8K CCD array project based at Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory:
Readout e-mail: arlin@astro.columbia.edu

Telephone: (212) 854-7899



DESCRIPTION OF CCD READOUT:

Each of 8 CCDs reads through 1 amplifier each, through two separate fiber-optic channels into two DSPs, multiplexing the data from 4 CCDs into each channel. Data is sent to Sparc bus and disk drives, with option of immediate saving to tape.