 Submillimeter APEX Bolometer Camera Bolometer Development Group Millimeter & Submillimeter Astronomy Group Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR)
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Welcome to the official SABOCA website SABOCA ( Submillimeter APEX Bolometer Camera) is a multi-beam bolometric receiver developed by the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) of Bonn SABOCA is a superconducting (TES) bolometer camera installed on the APEX telescope for operation in the 350 micron atmospheric window Observing with SABOCA
The APEX beam size at SABOCA wavelength
is 7".7, and the total field of view for SABOCA has a diameter of
~90". The array is under-sampled on the sky; the separation between
channels is twice the beam size (15"). To obtain fully sampled maps it
is necessary to move the array on the sky during observations by
scanning in one direction and then stepping in the other (on-the-fly pattern), or by moving
in a circular or spiral pattern, in the telescope or astronomical
coordinate system.
All the observing modes used for observations with LABOCA have been also implemented for use with SABOCA. Refer to LABOCA for more information. An online observing time calculator (experimental!) is available here. |
| web: gsiringo (at) mpifr-bonn.mpg.de | last edit: G. Siringo, MPIfR - February 2009 |