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The Ground Based Optical/Infrared System

Infrared Imagers -- Telescopes 3-5m

Telescope

Instrument

Wavelength - Detector Type, Format

Resolution

Field of View

Features/Status

Palomar/Hale 5.0m

WIRC

1-2.5 um; 2048 X 2048 HgCdTe

0.25 arcsec/pixel

8.7 X 8.7 arcmin

 

Palomar/Hale 5.0m

Spectrocam - 10

8 - 13 um; Rockwell 128 X 128 Si:As BIB

0.25 arcsec/pixel

15 arcsec

 

SOAR 4.2m

Spartan IR Imager

1-2.5um;

 

5.4 X 5.4 arcmin FOV

Under construction

NOAO/Blanco 4m

OSIRIS

0.9-2.4um; 1024 X 1024 HgCdTe

0.16 or 0.40 arcsec/pixel

93 X 93 or 233 X 233 arcsec FOV

 

NOAO/Mayall 4m

SQIID

J,H,K,L'; 4 512 X 512 InSb

0.39 arcsec/pixel

200 arcsec diameter FOV

simultaneous in 4 bands

NOAO/Mayall 4m

Flamingos

1-2.5 um; 2K X 2K HgCdTe

0.3 arcsec/pixel

10 X 10 arcmin FOV

 

NOAO/Blanco 4m

ISPI

1-2.5um; 2K X 2K HgCdTe

0.3 arcsec/pixel

10 X 10 arcmin FOV

 

NOAO/Mayall 4m & Blanco 4m

NEWFIRM

1-2.5um; 4K X 4K HgCdTe mosaic

0.4 arcsec/pixel

27 X 27 arcmin FOV

Under construction

ARC 3.5m

Grim II

1-2.5 um; 256 X 256 HgCdTe

0.11, 0.24, or 0.48 arcsec/pixel

30, 60 or 120 arcsec

Grisms

ARC 3.5m

NIC-FPS

0.85 - 2.5 um; 1024 X 1024 HgCdTe

0.27 arcsec/pixel

4.6 X 4.6 arcmin

R=10,000 Fabry-Perot etalon

Lick/Shane 3.0m

Gemini IR Camera

1-5 um; HgCdTe 256 X 256 & InSb 256 X 256

0.7 arcsec/pixel

3 X 3 arcmin

Short and Long wavelength channels operate simultaneously; polarimetry

Lick/Shane 3.0m

IRCAL

0.9-2.5um; Rockwell PICNIC 256 X 256

0.075 arcsec/pixel

19.4 arcsec

Uses NGS/LGS AO System; coronagraph; grisms


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