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LAS réf.
VIR réf.
Issue
Date
VLT-PLA-VIRA1.0
Rév. 0.0
24-Oct-02
page
14
Figure 6: The VIMOS instrument installed on the Nasmyth plateform of UT3-Melipal
2.3
Imaging Mode
The characteristics of the VIMOS imaging mode are summarized in Table 4, and are described in
details in Section 4.
Table 4: Imaging characteristics & performances
Configuration
Field
Sampling
Filters
Limiting magnitudes in 1h
(Ag coated UT)
2.4
Filters inserted in the beams
4x7’x8’
corresponding CCD area: 2048x2350 pix²
slight vignetting on the corners out to the 8’ field
0.205 arcsec /pixel
U’BVRIz standard set
V=27.7, I=26.6, 5σ detection for a point source
V=26.5, I=25.4, 5σ detection in 3” for a galaxy
Multi-slit Spectroscopy Mode
The characteristics of the VIMOS Multi-slit spectroscopy mode are summarized in Table 5, and
are described in details in Section 6.
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