SPARC4: Simultaneous Polarimeter And Rapid Camera in 4 bands: a new instrument to Pico dos Dias Observatory
SPARC4 (Simultaneous Polarimeter And Rapid Camera in 4 bands) is a new instrument for the Pico dos Dias Observatory (OPD). It acquires images with a field of view of 5.7' × 5.7' in four channels simultaneously, whose spectral responses are very similar to the g, r, i, and z bands of the SDSS photometric system. It can...