XMM Newton Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)
XMM Newton Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)
Flight spare Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) from the XMM Newton space telescope. Manufactured by e2v Technologies PLC, in collaboration with the University of Leicester, this CCD would have been one of a large number made. The best quality CCD were then selected for the camera instruments that flew aboard XMM Newton.XMM Newton - X-Ray Multi Mirror Mission - is a powerful X-ray telescope orbiting Earth. Studying the X-ray spectrum of light, it looks far away (and therefore back in time) at hot objects that were created when the universe was young.
The CCD is a light sensitive integrated circuit that stores and displays data for an image so that each pixel in the image is converted to an electric charge, the intensity of which is related to colour in the visible spectrum. Essentially a CCD captures the light, converts it to digital data recorded by the camera, which is then transmitted back to Earth.
More information
Object number
2016-11
Location
The Universe Gallery
Has this object been into space?
No
Dimension - Dimension, Value, Measurement unit
Height: 4.7cm
Length: 18.7cm
width: 4.0cm
Material
Metal
Silicon
Object Production Date
1990s
Object Production Organisation
University of Leicester Space Research Centre
e2v Technologies PLC
Object Production Place
United Kingdom
Credit Line
Donated by e2v Technologies PLC
University of Leicester
On Display Status
On display
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