CanariCam Aperture Wheel Page (20060805)


Position # Description JCI Name Stepper Counts  *
1 Field Mask 1 (23.156 x 17.368)

 10% oversized

Field1 71
2 Field Mask 2 (25.262 x 18.946)

20% oversized

Field2 214
3 Polarimetric mask 1 Polm1 350
4 Polarimetric mask 2 Polm2 495
5 Coronographic spot beta*
(tilted)

Coron1 638
6 Coronographic spot alpha*
(tilted)
Coron2 780
7 Alignment spots Spot 920
8 Alignment grid Grid 1066
9 Slit dekker Dekker 1206
10 Blank
Blank 1360

(a)  The pinholes are 400, 100 and 400um diameter for the alignment spots
(b)  All pinholes are 100um diameter for the alignment grid
*  Two similar coronographic masks are installed, both with a central obscuring spot of 1.4mm diameter (1.66 arcsec), differing only in their spot deposition process.  Commissioning will investigate the best spot.

Chris Packham; Feb 13th, 2007