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.

Photometry
Visible light

Used across the frontier

Lucky Imaging
Speckle Imaging

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Associated withPhotometry
Associated withVisible light
Associated withLucky Imaging
Associated withSpeckle Imaging
Associated withAstrophotography
Associated withPlanetary Imaging

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NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.

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CMOS Sensor

Facilities, methods & instruments

Used across the frontier

Knowledge connections

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CMOS Sensor

Facilities, methods & instruments

Used across the frontier

Knowledge connections

Sources