{"id":12,"date":"2017-09-02T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T18:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scidev\/wordpress\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-02-12T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T13:17:13","slug":"sepia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/observing\/the-telescope\/instruments\/sepia\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPIA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SEPIA_sepia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3115 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">SEPIA is a single-pixel heterodyne receiver with a cryostat that can accommodate 3 ALMA-like receiver cartridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tertiary optics to illuminate the SEPIA cartridges inside the Nasmyth cabin A of the APEX telescope were designed, constructed, and installed by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Group for Advanced Receiver Development (GARD) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chalmers.se\/en\/departments\/see\/research\/OSO\/gard\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Group for Advanced Receiver Development (GARD)<\/a> at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Onsala Space Observatory (OSO) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chalmers.se\/en\/departments\/see\/research\/OSO\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Onsala Space Observatory (OSO)<\/a> in Sweden. The SEPIA cryostat was also manufactured by the GARD team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As from 2020, the three receivers inside SEPIA are the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-icon-list ugb-icon-list ugb-icon--icon-check ugb-bd20902 ugb-icon-list--v2 ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-bd20902 li::before{background-image:url('data:image\/svg+xml;base64,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')}.ugb-bd20902.ugb-icon-list ul{columns:1}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/instruments\/sepia\/sepia660\/\">SEPIA660<\/a> covering the window 597 &#8211; 725 GHz<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/instruments\/sepia\/sepia345\/\">SEPIA345<\/a> covering the window 272 &#8211; 376 GHz <\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/instruments\/sepia\/sepia180\/\">SEPIA180<\/a> covering the window 159 &#8211; 211 GHz<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Only one of the three receivers can be used at a given time, but the switch between receivers is very fast, taking only a few minutes to switch between bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only one of the three receivers can be used at a given time, but the switch between receivers is very fast, taking only a few minutes to switch between bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","education-hub-thumb":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>SEPIA is a single-pixel heterodyne receiver with a cryostat that can accommodate 3 ALMA-like receiver cartridges. 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