SCUBA: A common-user submillimetre camera operating on the -James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

W. S. Holland; E. I. Robson; W. K. Gear; C. R. Cunningham; J. F. Lightfoot; T. Jenness; R. J. Ivison; J. A. Stevens; P. A.R. Ade; M. J. Griffin; W. D. Duncan; J. A. Murphy; D. A. Naylor

doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02111.x

SCUBA: A common-user submillimetre camera operating on the -James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

W. S. Holland, E. I. Robson, W. K. Gear, C. R. Cunningham, J. F. Lightfoot, T. Jenness, R. J. Ivison, J. A. Stevens, P. A.R. Ade, M. J. Griffin, W. D. Duncan, J. A. Murphy, D. A. Naylor

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Abstract

SCUBA, the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array, built by the Royal Observatory Edinburgh for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, is the most versatile and powerful of a new generation of submillimetre cameras. It combines a sensitive dual-waveband imaging array with a three-band photometer, and is sky-background-limited by the emission from the Mauna Kea atmosphere at all observing wavelengths from 350 μm to 2 mm. The increased sensitivity and array size mean that SCUBA maps close to 10 000 times faster than its single-pixel predecessor (UKT14). SCUBA is a facility instrument, open to the world community of users, and is provided with a high level of user support. We give an overview of the instrument, describe the observing modes, user interface and performance figures on the telescope, and present a sample of the exciting new results that have revolutionized submillimetre astronomy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	659-672
Number of pages	14
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	303
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02111.x
Publication status	Published - 11 Mar 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dust, extinction
Instrumentation: detectors
Radio continuum: ISM
Radio continuum: galaxies
Radio continuum: stars
Telescopes

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Holland, W. S., Robson, E. I., Gear, W. K., Cunningham, C. R., Lightfoot, J. F., Jenness, T., Ivison, R. J., Stevens, J. A., Ade, P. A. R., Griffin, M. J., Duncan, W. D., Murphy, J. A., & Naylor, D. A. (1999). SCUBA: A common-user submillimetre camera operating on the -James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 303(4), 659-672. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02111.x

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