Wide Field Infrared Camera (WFCAM)

Electronics and Detectors example –  Wide Field Infrared Camera (WFCAM)

• WFCAM, the Wide Field Infrared Camera, was delivered to the UK Infra-Red Telescope in 2004.
• WFCAM it was designed specifically to carry out large-scale survey observations
• Integrating the four IR Arrays and the auto-guiding system into a single cryogenics camera represented a great technical challenge.