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Table 1
Characteristics of the PLATO payload.
Parameter | Description/value |
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TOU | 26 units |
Optics | 6 refractive lenses |
Design | Axis-symmetric dioptics |
Aperture diameter | 12 cm |
Full FOV | 2132 deg2 |
Spectral range | 500–1000 nm |
CCDs (FEEs) | 104 units (26 units) |
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Model | Teledyne-e2v CCD270 |
Design | Back illuminated |
Pixel size | 18 µm |
Plate scale | 15 arcsec (on-axis) |
N-CAMs | 24 units |
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Camera overlap | 6, 12, 18, 24 (partial) |
Effective FOV | 1037 deg2 |
Detector FPA | 4 full-frame CCDs |
Detector size | 4510 × 4510 pixel |
Exposure time | 21 s |
Readout time | 4s |
Cadence | 25 s |
F-CAMs | 2 units (red and blue filter) |
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Camera overlap | 2 (full) |
Effective FOV | 619 deg2 |
Detector FPA | 4 frame-transfer CCDs |
Detector size | 4510 × 2255 pixel |
Exposure time | 2.3s |
Readout time | 0.2s |
Cadence | 2.5 s |
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