Specifications and  Performance

Present Specifications

Primary mirror diameter 8.0 m
Primary mirror focal ration 1.50
Effective focal length 15.200 m
Image quality (RMS spot diameter) < 0.25 arcsec
Instantaneous field of view 2.5 degrees diameter
Wavelength range 0.3 - 1.0 um
Detector Mosaic multiband imaging camera employing 240 CCDs
Pixel size 0.2 arcsec

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Last updated: 2004/04/06