[Comm2011] Saturation level

[Gijs Verdoes Kleijn]

Okay John, that's something for you: I do not know the data intimately
enough. This is how far I got:
http://wiki.astro-wise.org/projects:omegacam:start#ocam_1a_notes

Cheers, Gijs

Op 27-3-2011 22:40, helmich schreef:
> Yup. So I'd like that you check the actual images for saturation. The most
> likely candidate images should have filter "pinhole" or something like
> this.
>
> Ewout
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:38:51 +0200, Gijs Verdoes Kleijn
> <verdoes at astro.rug.nl>  wrote:
>> Hi Ewout,
>>
>> I've looked at the report and put on
>> http://www.astro.rug.nl/~verdoes/temp/Caltest.pdf for your convenience.
>> My quick look suggests ADU>50000 has not been covered in the report to
>> make a statement. But you are way more intimate with the testing in 2005.
>>
>> Cheers, Gijs
>>
>>
>> Op 27-3-2011 22:21, helmich schreef:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Dietrich noted that at the moment the CCDs saturate at ~57000 ADU.
>>> He'd like us to check if this slightly low value is the same as in
>>> 2005. Can you look at the 2005 data, particularly the pinhole
>>> observations we did for hysteresis, to find the saturation level? I
>>> did not bring the 2005 data here.
>>>
>>> Ewout
>>>
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