Instruments by Telescope

See Instruments by type

Scientific Staff Telescope and Instrument Responsibilities
Check the NOAO site to make sure that your favorite instrument and telescope are available before writing your proposal!

Blanco 4-m Telescope Instruments

Blanco Telescope Scientist: tabbottATctio.noao.edu
TS4 ARCoIRIS Instrument Scientist: spointsATctio.noao.edu
COSMOS Instrument Scientist: spointsATctio.noao.edu
DECam Instrument Scientist: awalkerATctio.noao.edu

 

Instrument FOV or slit
(arcmin)		 Resolving Power or Scale
(arcsec/pix)		 Detector Wavelegth range
(micron)		 Status
           
DECam
Wide field
optical imager		 132x132 0.263 62x
2048x4096
CCDs		 0.32-1.10
(grizy filters)		 Available
COSMOS 
Optical Imager		 10 arcmin diameter (imaging) 0.29 e2v (2048x4096) 0.32-0.98 Available
COSMOS
Optical Spectrograph		 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, 1.5, 3.0 arcsec (long slit) ~2200 (with 0.9 arcsec slit) e2v (2048x4096)  0.37-0.98 Available
COSMOS 
Multi-Object Spectrograph		 5x10 arcmin (MOS) ~2200 (with 0.9 arcsec slits) e2v
(2048x4096)		 0.37-0.98 Available
ARCoIRIS
Single-object IR spectrograph		 1.1"x28" ~3500 Hawaii2RG 0.80-2.40 Available

 

 

SOAR Instruments

See also:

Instrument FOV or slit
(arcmin)		 Resolving Power or Scale
(arcsec/pix)		 Detector Wavelength range 
(micron)		 Status
SOI 
Optical Imager		 5.25x5.25 0.077 e2v CCD 
mini-mosaic 
2x 4096x2048		 0.31-1.05 Available
SAMI 
Optical Imager		 3x3 0.045 e2v CCD
4096x4112		 0.4-1.05 Available,
GLAO seeing
improvement
Goodman
HTS
Optical Imager		 7.2 diameter 0.15 Fairchild CCD 
4096x4096		 0.32-0.98 Available
Goodman HTS
Optical 
Spectrograph		 3.0x5.0 VPH gratings
1,800-14,000 with 0.45 arcsec slit		 Fairchild CCD 
4096x4096		 0.32-0.98 Available
 
Goodman HTS
Multi-Object
Spectrograph		 3.0x5.0 VPH gratings 1,800-14,000 with 0.45 arcsec slit Fairchild CCD 4096x4096 0.32-0.98 Available
Spartan 
IR imager		 3.0x3.0 (f/21)
5.0x5.0 (f/12)		 0.043 (f/21)
0.073 (f/12)		 HAWAII-2 HgCdTe 
mosaic 
4x 2048X2048		 1.0-2.2
(JHK + narrow band filters)		 Available
OSIRIS
IR imager		 3.2X3.2
1.3X1.3		 0.321
0.139		 NICMOS4
HgCdTe 1024x1024		 1.0-2.5
(YJHKKs + narrow band filters)		 Retired
OSIRIS
IR spectrograph		 175x0.98
66x0.41
24x0.98		 1,200-3,000
1,400 X-disp		 HgCdTe 
1024x1024		 1.0-2.2
(YJHKKs + narrow band filters)		 Retired
SIFS 
Optical 
spectrograph		 IFU
7.8X1.5@0.3" 
3.9X7.5@0.15"		  VPH gratings
1,000-30,000		 CCD mini-mosaic
2x4096x4096		 0.32-0.85 Commissioning 2012B

 

SMARTS Instruments

 

Telescope Instrument Slit or FOV (arcmin) Resolving Power or scale
(arcsec/pix)		 Wavelength range (micron)
or Filters		 Observing Mode
1.5-m
(60-inch)  		 CHIRON
Spectrograph
 		  one star <140,000 0.41-0.87 Entirely service/queue mode. 
 
1.3-m
(ex-2MASS)		 ANDICAM
Optical imager		 2.4x2.4 0.274
(Binning 2x2)		 BVRI Entirely service/queue mode
ANDICAM 
IR imager		 6.0x6.0 0.369
(Binning 2x2)		 YJHK
1.0-m
ex-YALO		 Y4K CAM
Optical imager		 20.0x20.0 0.289 BVRcIc
SDSS ugriz
U+CuSO4		 Closed
0.9-m
(36-inch)		 CFCCD 2K
Optical imager		 13.6x13.6 0.401 0.31-1.00 Mixture of classical and service/queue observing, each run is 7 nights duration.

CTIO Instruments No Longer Available

CTIO Mosaic II - optical wide field imager (retired)
4-m RC Spectrograph (retired)
NEWFIRM - infrared wide field imager (transfered back to Mayall 4-m at Kitt Peak)
ISPI - IR imager (inactive)
Hydra - multi-object optical spectrograph (retired)

1.5-m R-C Spectrograph (inactive)