Detector technology
CMOS Sensor
A detector in which each pixel has its own amplifier, allowing very fast, low-power readout. Increasingly used in astronomy for high-speed imaging and for techniques that need many frames per second, and ubiquitous in consumer cameras.
Facilities, methods & instruments
Used across the frontier
Knowledge connections
- Associated withPhotometry
- Associated withVisible light
- Associated withLucky Imaging
- Associated withSpeckle Imaging
- Associated withAstrophotography
- Associated withPlanetary Imaging
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.