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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula. M42 is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It is approximately 1,350 lights years from Earth and approximately 25 light years across. Exposures: L:3hrs; R:2 hours; G:2 hours; B:2 hours 10 minutes subs. Total exposure time: 9hrs Image courtesy of Bill Snyder, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA.

Andor’s Astronomy Vision Quality is Paramount As more and more professional astronomers look for high performance commercial alternatives to time consuming, and ultimately costly, ‘build it yourself’ model, they are turning to Andor’s track record as the leading provider of high-end, exceptional quality camera solutions. Andor excels at the design and manufacture of robust and hassle-free detector solutions, designed to operate with low maintenance and exceptional longevity in remote observing sites around the globe. Example: iKon-XL’s Low Maintenance Advantage Andor’s high performance Very Large...

Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellan Galaxy. Courtesy of the Chinese Bright Star Survey Telescope (BSST), Antarctica. iKon CCD Camera Range Key Features Gone are the days of laborious self-build high-end camera solutions. Andor’s unwavering approach to ‘off-the-shelf’ ultra-high performance has delivered iKon-XL, a new very large area CCD platform that uniquely cools back-illuminated 16.8 megapixel sensors to -100°C with thermoelectric cooling. iKon-XL also delivers very low read noise, alongside an innovative 18-bit dynamic range mode. iKon-XL is in high demand and is already associated with...

EMCCDs for Fast Time Resolution 3x3 mosaic of the dramatic solar chromosphere. Image courtesy of Kevin Reardon, INAF, Italy. iXon EMCCD Camera Range For more than 15 years, Andor’s iXon EMCCD cameras have been the high time resolution detectors of choice at a great many cutting edge observatories worldwide. Single photon sensitivity Quantum efficiency > 95% Up to 1 Megapixel 26 - 56 full frames per second (faster with binning / sub-array) Featuring single photon sensitivity, TE cooling to -100°C and >95% QE, the iXon EMCCD range has been central to many demanding observing initiatives, such as...

sCMOS for Fast Time Resolution A pulsar emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation. Image courtesy of Sarah Michelle. Neo and Zyla sCMOS Camera Range Scientific CMOS (sCMOS) technology is especially relevant in fast time resolution astronomy, combining high resolution / large field of view coverage of the sky with very fast time resolution, without sacrificing any of the ultra-low noise performance. Andor’s Neo and Zyla sCMOS cameras have been used successfully in fast time resolution applications such as solar astronomy, Near Earth Object (NEO) detection, space junk tracking, lucky imaging...

The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is a wide-field photometric survey designed to discover transiting exoplanets of Neptune-size and smaller around bright stars (magnitude V<13). NGTS employs an array of fully-robotic small telescopes operating in the 600-900 nm band, thereby maximizing sensitivity to bright but relatively small and cool host stars (K and early-M spectral type). NGTS is sited at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, using an array of customized -100°C TE-cooled Andor iKon-L cameras, incorporating NIR optimized back-illuminated 4.2 Megapixel...

an Oxford Instruments company Customer Support Andor products are regularly used in critical applications and we can provide a variety of customer support services to maximize the return on your investment and ensure that your product continues to operate at its optimum performance. Andor has customer support teams located across North America, Asia and Europe, allowing us to provide local technical assistance and advice. Requests for support can be made at any time by contacting our technical support team at andor.com/support. Andor offers a variety of support under the following format: • On-site...