The aim of the project is to build a wide-field general purpose NIR camera. Of course it will be very well suited for surveys.
The basic specifications are summarized here:
| PANIC in a Nutshell | |
|---|---|
| Telescope | 2.2m Calar Alto |
| Telescope focus | RC |
| F Ratio | f/8 |
| Field of view | 0.5 x 0.5 degree |
| Pixel scale | 0.45 arcsec/pixel |
| Detector | 2 x 2 mosaic of 4 Hawaii-2 RG |
| Filling factor | 98% |
| Wavelength range | 0.9 to 2.5 micron |
| Intrinsic image quality | 80% EE |
| Geometrical distortions | <= 2% |
| Data format | FITS (with extensions) |