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CTIO IR Imager Status (1Sep94)
(from CTIO, NOAO Newsletter No. 39, 1 September 1994)

Work on the new CTIO Imager continues on schedule. This instrument will also
use the WILDFIRE controller. We have taken advantage of the visit by Jerry
Heim and Nick Buchholz described the in preceding article to bring up the 256
X 256 HgCdTe (Rockwell NICMOS III) array in the Imager.

As indicated in previous Newsletter issues, we expect that the performance of
the CTIO IR Imager will be very similar to that of OSIRIS in imaging mode,
especially since the plate scales are nearly the same. Anyone who needs more
detailed information about performance in order to write a proposal for time
(i.e. has specific questions) should contact one of the undersigned.

Note: although we refer to the instrument as "the" CTIO IR Imager, it is not
the old IRIM with a new array, but a completely new instrument (except that
we are recycling much of the old analog electronics). The old IR Imager dewar
has not, however, faded into retirement; it has instead been shipped to
Tucson to participate in the ALADDIN (large InSb array) project.

Jay Elias, Richard Elston, Brooke Gregory

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