Instruments by Telescope
Scientific Staff Telescope and Instrument Responsibilities
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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:
- Observing at SOAR
- SOAR Optical Instrumentation
- SOAR Infrared Instrumentation
- SOAR Instrument Setup Forms and Observing Reports
- SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM)
| 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) |
Available |
| 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) |
Available |
| 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)
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