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Summary: OMEGA-Prime is a direct imaging, prime focus, wide-field near infrared camera for the Calar Alto 3.5m telescope in Spain.
Detector: 1024x1024 pixel HgCdTe (1-2.5 micron) HAWAII array made by Rockwell.
Focal Station: Mounted at prime focus at f/3.5.
Instrument Responsible: Peter Bizenberger (at MPIA)
Ana Guijarro (at Calar Alto)
Contact: coords@caha.es

General Info
Introduction 
Observer's manual
Software manual
Technical Characteristics
Available Filters
Image Gallery
Latest News
Calibrations 
Dark current
Bad pixel mask
Focus offset
Flat field
Gain and Readout noise
Detector non lineality and saturation
Zero point and Extinction
Sky brightness measurement
Software tools 
Signal Calculator for imaging 
Troubleshooting 

Last update: Jan 2002
A. Guijarro