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ESO presently maintains 12 scientific CCD systems at the La Silla Observatory. During the next few years, ESO’s Very Large Telescope facility, with four 8.2-meter telescopes, will come on-line. The VLT instruments and the upgrades for La Silla require a large number of new scientific CCD systems — a total of 15 new systems with 35 CCDs are to be implemented through 1999. This article presents ESO’s plans for fulfilling these needs, with focus on the three main technologies of CCD systems: (i) scientific quality CCDs with new generation amplifiers, (ii) high speed CCD controllers, and (iii) long hold time cryostats.
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Beletic, J.W. (1998). ESO’s Plan for Optical Detectors. In: Beletic, J.W., Amico, P. (eds) Optical Detectors for Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 228. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5262-4_9
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