Research Article
Wide and Fast: Monitoring the Sky in Subsecond Domain with the FAVOR and TORTORA Cameras
Table 2
Technical parameters of the FAVOR and TORTORA cameras.
| | FAVOR | TORTORA |
| Main objective | | | Diameter | 150 mm lens | 120 mm mirror | Focal length | 180 mm | 150 mm | Focal ratio | 1/1.2 | 1/1.2 | Image intensifier | | | Photocathode | S20 | S20 | Diameter | 90 mm | 90 mm | Gain | 150 | 150 | Scaling factor | 7.7 | 7.7 | Quantum efficiency | 10% | 10% | CCD | | | Model | VS-CTT285-2001 | VS-CTT285-2001 | Frame size | 1388 1036 | 1388 1036 | Pixel scale | /pix | /pix | Exposure | 0.13 s | 0.13 s | Pixel size | 6.5 m | 6.5 m | Read-out noise | 6 /pix | 6 /pix | Star FWHM | | |
| Mount | Equatorial | Alt-azimuthal | Focus | manual | automatic |
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