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The Ground Based Optical/Infrared System

Optical Spectrographs -- Telescopes 3-5m

Telescope

Instrument

Wavelength - Detector Type, Format

Resolution

Field of View

Features/Status

Palomar/Hale 5.0m

Oke Double Spectrograph

3100A - 1um; 2 1024 X 1024 CCDs

1000-5000

128 arcsec long slit; multislits are 15 arcsec long each

Blue and Red channels operate simultaneously; (8) multislits; polarimetry

Palomar/Hale 5.0m

Norris Spectrograph

4000A - 1um; 2K X 2K CCD

500 - 2000

20 arcmin diameter

150 fibers, each 1.5 arcsec diameter

Palomar/Hale 5.0m

COSMIC

Tektronix 2K X 2K CCD

1000-2000

13.6 X 13.6 arcmin

multislit on photographic film

NOAO/Blanco 4m

RC Spectrograph

Tektronix 2K X 2K CCD

300-5000

5.4 arcmin long slit

multislit

NOAO/Blanco 4m

Hydra

SITe 2K X 2K CCD

700-22,000

40 arcmin diameter FOV

100 fibers;

NOAO/Blanco 4m

Echelle

Tektronix 2K X 2K CCD

18,000 - 65,000

2 arcmin long slit

x-disp

NOAO/Mayall 4m

RC Spectrograph

Tektronix 2K X 2K CCD

300-5000

5.4 arcmin long slit

multislit

NOAO/Mayall 4m

MARS

1980 X 800 Hi-resistivity CCD

1000

5 X 5 arcmin FOV

multislit

NOAO/Mayall 4m

Echelle

Tektronix 2K X 2K CCD

18,000 - 65,000

2 arcmin long slit

x-disp

ARC 3.5m

DIS III

3700 A - 1 um; 2 Marconi 2048 X 1024 CCDs

 

 

Blue and Red channels operate simultaneously

ARC 3.5m

Echelle

3500-9800 A; 2K X 2K SITe CCD

37,500

1.6 X 1.6 arcsecond aperture

cross-dispersed

WIYN 3.5m

Hydra

SITe 2K X 2K CCD

700-22,000

1 degree diameter FOV

100 fibers; also IFU

Lick/Shane 3.0m

Hamilton Echelle Spectrometer

3800 A - 1 um; 2K X 2K CCD

60,000 - 100,000

2-6 arcsec long slit

 

Lick/Shane 3.0m

Kast Double Spectrograph

3000A-1.1um; 2 Reticon 1200 X 400 CCDs

500-3000

145 arcsec long slit

Blue and Red channels operate simultaneously


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