The currently used camera was manufactured by APOGEE Corp.,
and includes a
KAF 1300 Kodak CCD chip. This results in a field of view of
. We are currently developping a new camera based on a
Thomson CCD, whose characteristics are outlined in Table 1, which will
be available in May 1999.
Its main advantages are a larger fov
(4 sq. deg.), a quicker
readout time (1 s), and low readout and thermal noises.
TAROT-1 entered into operation during the fall of 1998, at the Calern station
of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (France).
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