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Table 1
List of the major operative wide-field imagers on 3 m+ telescopes.
| Name | Telescope | Detectors | Pixel scale [′′/pixel] | FoV |
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| OPTICAL REGIME | ||||
| WFI | 2.2 m MPI/ESO | 8 × (2048 × 4096) | 0.238 | 34′ × 33′ |
| Prime Focus Camera | William Herschel Telescope | 2 × (2048 × 4100) | 0.24 |
×
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| LBC (blue and red) | LBT | 4 × (2048 × 4608) | 0.23 | 23′ × 23′ |
| Suprime-Cam | Subaru Telescope | 10 × (2048 × 4096) | 0.202 | 34′ × 27′ |
| MOSA | KPNO Mayall 4 m | 8 × (2048 × 4096) | 0.26 | 36′ × 36′ |
| LAICA | Calar Alto 3.5 m Telescope | 4 × (4096 × 4096) | 0.225 |
×
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| MegaCam | CFHT | 36 × (2048 × 4612) | 0.187 |
×
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| OmegaCam | VST | 32 × (2048 × 4102) | 0.21 | 60′ × 60′ |
| DECam | CTIO Blanco 4 m | 62 × (2048 × 4096) + 12 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.27 | 132′ × 132′ |
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| NIR REGIME | ||||
| GSAOI | Gemini | 4 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.02 |
×
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| HAWK-I | VLT | 4 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.106 |
×
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| ISPI | CTIO Blanco 4 m | 1 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.3 |
×
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| FourStar | Magellan | 4 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.159 |
×
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| WFCAM | UKIRT | 4 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.4 |
×
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| Omega2000 | Calar Alto 3.5 m Telescope | 4 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.45 |
×
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| WIRCAM | CFHT | 4 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.3 |
×
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| NEWFIRM | CTIO Blanco 4 m | 4 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.4 |
×
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| VIRCAM | VISTA | 16 × (2048 × 2048) | 0.339 |
×
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Notes. The WFI@2.2 m MPI/ESO has been included as reference.
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