CIRSI: Progress with the Cambridge infra red survey instrument

被引：13

作者：

Beckett, MG ^{[1
]}

Mackay, CD ^{[1
]}

McMahon, RG ^{[1
]}

Parry, IR ^{[1
]}

Ellis, RS ^{[1
]}

Chan, SJ ^{[1
]}

Hoenig, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England

来源：

INFRARED ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION, PTS 1-2 | 1998年 / 3354卷

关键词：

infrared; array; astronomy; surveys;

D O I：

10.1117/12.317268

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We have built a panoramic wide field near infrared imaging camera based on 4 Rockwell HAWAII 1024x1024 detectors. The baseline survey instrument operates in the region 0.8 to 1.8 mu m ( Z to H band) on non-infrared optimized telescopes with an upgrade to operate at K band in 1999. The instrument was commission on the 2.5m INT and 4.2m WHT telescopes in December 1997 and January 1998. The main design goals in this project were to produce a highly productive astronomical instrument in a very short space of time and for low cost. Survey instruments are by their nature very versatile and CIRSI will support the wide range of astronomical interests at the Institute of Astronomy. Further moresince CIRSI is a traveling instrument and we are able to operate at a number of different telescopes to take opportunity of a range of image sizes and scales. The detailed scientific case for building the camera is described in (1).

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