MegaPrime Project

The MegaCam camera at CEA
 

If you click on the pictures, you will get an enlarged version... 

MegaCam has now its own web page here!



December 2001
 

The focal plane of MegaCam
populated with its 
40 CCD's.

The MegaPrime camera, 
MegaCam, has been working
for months... It is seen here 
on its cart, with its electronics
installed on the cryostat 
(see on the pictures below).
The rotating valve of the 
cooling system is seen on its
supporting structure on top
of the camera.

 

The filter jukebox is seen at
the completion of its assembly.

On the left, the filter housing box
is at its rest position.
On the right, the filter housing
box is at its upper position, 
corresponding to the loading
position of the lowest filter
in the filter box.



Cryostat

The cryostat is the first of the MegaCam components to be fabricated.

Images added on September 7, 2000
Side view of the cryostat Top view of the cryostat
with the CCDs to electronics 
connectors
Cryostat under
vacuum test
Main pieces of 
the cold capacity
Internal radiation shield Two of the CCDs cold 
plate supports 
(one assembled- one in pieces)