Wide Field Infrared Camera For UKIRT

WFCAM is an IR widefield camera for the UK Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea (UKIRT), and is currently the most capable IR imaging survey instrument in the world.

The camera has been designed to maximize survey speed at J, H and K while retaining excellent image quality. With large allocations of UKIRT time, unprecedented surveys in depth/area will be possible.

Both large public surveys and common-user observations will be made.

Public survey data will be released to member states of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) first and to the world 18 months later.