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NOAO Newsletter - SCOPE - March 1998 - Number 53


KPNO Instruments Available

SPECTROSCOPY

                               Detector*                  Resolution    Slit    Multi-object

Mayall 4-m Telescope
R-C CCD Spectrograph           T2KB CCD                     300-5000     5.4'   single/multi
CCD Echelle Spectrograph       T2KB CCD                  18,500-65,000   2.0'
IR Cryogenic Spectrometer      InSb(256×256, 0.9-5.5µm)     300-1500     0.8'
CryoCam                        Loral CCD (800×1200)          400-600     4.5'   single/multi
OSU-NOAO Infrared
  Imaging Spectrometer         InSb(512×1024, 0.9-2.5µm)      1400       1.5'
High Resolution IR Spectro-
  meter (Phoenix) 
  (see note 1)                 InSb(256×1024, 0.9-5.5µm) 50,000-100,000  0.5'

WIYN 3.5-m Telescope
Hydra + Bench
Spectrograph                   T2KC CCD                     700-22,000    NA    100 fibers
DensePak (see note 2)          T2KC CCD                     700-22,000    IFU   ~90 fibers

2.1-m Telescope
GoldCam CCD Spectrograph       F3KA CCD                      300-4500    5.2'
IR Cryogenic Spectrometer      InSb(256×256, 0.9-5.5µm)      300-1500    1.3'
High Resolution IR Spectro-
  meter (Phoenix) 
 (see note 1)                  InSb(256×1024, 0.9-5.5µm)  50,000-100,000 1.0'
OSU-NOAO Infrared Imaging
  Spectrometer                 InSb(512×1024, 0.9-2.5µm)       1400      3.0'

Coude-Feed Telescope (see note 3)
Coude CCD Spectrograph         F3KB CCD                    2200-250,000  3.0'


IMAGING

                               Detector         Spectral Range    Scale ("/pixel) Field
Mayall 4-m Telescope
Prime Focus CCD camera         T2KB CCD            3300-9700Å      0.42      14.2'
IR Imager                      HgCdTe
                               (256x256, 1-2.5µm)   JHK + NB       0.60       2.5'
CCD Mosaic (see note 4)        8Kx8K                4500-9700Å     0.26      35.4'
OSU-NOAO Infrared              InSb
  Imaging Spectrometer         (512×1024, 0.9-4.0µm) JHK+L(NB)  0.18/0.09    3'x1.5'/1.5'x0.75'

WIYN 3.5-m Telescope
CCD Imager (WIYN)              S2KB CCD            3300-9700Å     0.197       6.7'

2.1-m Telescope
CCD Imager                     T1KA CCD            3300-9700Å     0.305       5.2'
IR Imager                      HgCdTe
                               (256×256, 1-2.5µm)   JHK + NB        1.1       4.7'
OSU-NOAO Infrared
  Imaging Spectrometer         InSb
                               (512×1024, 0.9-4.0µm) JHK+L(NB) 0.35; 0.18    6'x3'/3'x1.5'

0.9-m Telescope
CCD Imager                     T2KA                3300-9700Å     0.680      23.2'
CCD Mosaic (see note 4)        8Kx8K               4500-9700Å     0.425      59.0'

* Unless otherwise noted, CCDs have 3300-9700Å spectral range.

1 Phoenix is likely to be shipped to CTIO in spring 1999 and not available at KPNO.

2 Available for bright time only (Integrated Field Unit: 30" × 45" field, 3" fibers, 4" fiber spacing)

3 Will be continued until fiber-feed capability is available elsewhere.

4 To minimize the number of instrument installations, the CCD Mosaic Imager will be available for block-scheduled, shared-risk observing on the 4-m and 0.9-m telescopes, with priority given to 4-m use. Check the CCD Mosaic WWW page for updates concerning new filters and progress toward replacing the current engineering-grade CCDs (the default for all of semester II 1997) with science-grade CCDs.


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