NICS: The TNG Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer

被引:86
作者
Baffa, C
Comoretto, G
Gennari, S
Lisi, F
Oliva, E
Biliotti, V
Checcucci, A
Gavrioussev, V
Giani, E
Ghinassi, F
Hunt, LK
Maiolino, R
Mannucci, F
Marcucci, G
Sozzi, M
Stefanini, P
Testi, L
机构
[1] Osserv Astrofis Arcetri, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[2] CNR, Ctr Astron Infrarossa & Studio Mezzo Interstellar, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[3] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Astron & Sci Spazio, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[4] Ctr Galileo Galilei, Santa Cruz De La Palma, La Palma, Spain
关键词
instrumentation : spectrographs; instrumentation : polarimeters;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20011194
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
NICS (the Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer) is a cooled near-infrared camera-spectrometer that has been developed by the Arcetri Infrared Group at the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, in collaboration with the CAISMI-CNR for the TNG (the Italian National Telescope Galileo at La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain). As NICS is in its scientific commissioning phase, we report its observing capabilities in the near-infrared bands at the TNG, along with the measured performance and the limiting magnitudes. We also describe some technical details of the project, such as cryogenics, mechanics, and the system which executes data acquisition and control, along with the related software.
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页码:722 / 728
页数:7
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