MAWFC – The Manchester – Athens Wide-Field (Narrow-Band) Camera

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The Manchester-Athens Wide-Field (Narrow-Band) Camera:
A Deep Sky-Survey of the Extensive Line Emission Regions at High Galactic Latitudes

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The Manchester-Athens Wide Field Camera

National Observatory of Athens

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

A state-of-the-art, wide-field (~30 degree diameter), narrow-band, optical filter camera

Welcome to MAWFC website

Latest News

2021 September:
MAWFC DOME external works completed in Kryoneri Observatory (IAASARS/NOA)

Gallery

PREVIOUS VERSIONS

Photo of the Manchester Wide-Field Camera on the 1.2m Kryonerion telescope in Greece (circa 1995)

PREVIOUS VERSIONS

Photo of the Manchester Wide-Field Camera, being tested in the Lab at JBCA/Manchester
(circa 2001)

Mosaic

Deep, mosaic Hα image of the high Galactic latitude Eridanus shells, made with this early version of the camera (1996)

Orion Nebula

Deep, Hα image of the Orion Nebula taken with an earlier version camera
(1996)