MuSCAT3: a 4-color simultaneous camera for the 2m Faulkes Telescope North
Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui, Tomoyasu Yamamuro, Daniel Harbeck, Mark Bowman, M. Elphick, Jon Nation, J. Douglas Armstrong, Jacqueline Han, S. Abe, Masahiro Ikoma, Keisuke Isogai, Kiyoe Kawauchi, Seiya Kurita, Nobuhiko Kusakabe, Jerome de Leon, John H. Livingston, M. Mori, Taku Nishiumi, Motohide Tamura, Noriharu Watanabe, N. H. Volgenau, E. Heinrich-Josties, Steve Foale, Matt Daily, C. McCully, Annie Kirby, Cary Smith, Brian Haworth, Patrick Conway, Lisa J. Storrie‐Lombardi, W. Rosing, Joey Chatelain, E. Bachelet, Marshall C. Johnson, M. Rabus
Abstract
We report the development of MuSCAT3, a four channel simultaneous imager installed on the 2m Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawai’i. MuSCAT3 has a capability of 4-color simultaneous imaging in g (400–550 nm), r (550–700 nm), i (700–820 nm), and <i>z</i><sub>s</sub> (820–920 nm) bands with four independent 2048×2048 pixel CCDs, each having a field of view of 9.1×9.1 arcmin<sup>2</sup> with a pixel scale of 0.27 arcsec per pixel. The development of MuSCAT3 started from September 2019, and MuSCAT3 achieved its first light on September 28th, 2020. The Las Cumbres Observatory started science operations of MuSCAT3 since November 4th, 2020, although a part of its capabilities are still limited.