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Instruments at NOAO-South by instrument type

 

Optical Imagers 

 

Telescope Instrument FOV
(armin)		 Scale
(asec/pix)		 Detector Wavelegth range 
(micron) or filters
Blanco MOSAIC II [2] 36x36 0.27 8x 2048X4096 
SITe CCDs		 0.34-1.00
SOAR SOI [3] 5.25x5.25 0.077 E2V CCD 
mini-mosaic 
2x 4096x2048		 0.31-1.05
SOAR Goodman
HTS [4]		 7.2 diameter 0.15 Fairchild CCD 
4096x4096		 0.36-0.92
1.3-m ANDICAM [5] 2.4x2.4 0.274 
(Binning 2x2)		 Fairchild 447 
2048x2048 CCD		 BVRI
Yale 1.0-m Y4K CAM [6]  20.0x20.0 0.289 STA 4064x4064 
CCD		 BVRcIc
SDSS ugriz
U+CuSO4
0.9-m CFCCD [7] 13.6x13.6 0.401 SITe 2048x2048 
CCD    		  0.31-1.00

 

 

IR Imagers 

Telescope Instrument FOV
(armin)		 Scale
(asec/pix)		 Detector Wavelegth range
(micron) or filters
Blanco NEWFIRM [8] 28 0.4 4x 2Kx2K
IR array		 1.0-2.3
Blanco ISPI [9] 10.25X10.25 0.3 HAWAII-2 
2048X2048  		 1.0-2.4
SOAR Spartan [10]   0.043
0.073		 HAWAII-2 HgCdTe 
mosaic 4x 2048X2048		 1.0-2.2
SOAR OSIRIS [11] 3.2X3.2
1.3X1.3		 0.321
0.139		 NICMOS4 HgCdTe
1024x1024		 1.0-2.5
1.3-m ANDICAM [5] 6.0x6.0 0.369
(Binning2x2)		 Rockwell 1024x1024
HgCdTe "Hawaii" array		 YJHK

 

 

Optical Spectrographs 

Telescope Instrument FOV Resolving Power Detector Wavelength
range (micron)
Blanco 4-m R-C [12] single slit
5.4 arcmin long slit		 <10,000 Loral 3K CCD (*)  0.32-0-90
Blanco Hydra [13] 40 arcmin
140 fibers		 <50,000 SITe 4Kx2K  (*)  0.32-0.90
SOAR Goodman
HTS [4]		 3.0x5.0 arcmin VPH gratings
1,400-6,000		 Fairchild CCD
4096x4096		 0.36-0.92
SOAR SIFS 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
1.5-m 1.5-m
R-C  [14]		  single slit 
1.5arcmin		 <5,000 Loral1K 0.32-0.9
1.5-m 1.5-m
Echelle [15]		 2.7arcsec
diameter (one star)		 <40,000 2k SITe CCD 0.40-0.73

 (*) These detectors are going to be changed.

 

 

IR Spectrograph 

Telescope Instrument FOV
(arcmin)		 Resolving Power Detector Wavelegth range
(micron)
SOAR  OSIRIS [11] 175x0.98
66x0.41
24x0.98		 1,200-3,000
1,400 X-disp		 HgCdTe 
1024x1024		 1.0-2.2
(J,H,K)

Links:

Observing at NOAO South [16]

CTIO Visitor Support Questionnaires [17]

Observing at SOAR [18]

SOAR Instrument Setup Forms and Observing Reports [19]

Source URL (retrieved on 02/09/2013 - 06:37): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Instruments-Type

Links:
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Instruments-Type
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/mosaic-ii-ccd-imager
[3] http://www.soartelescope.org/observing/documentation/soar-optical-imager-soi/soar-optical-imager-soi
[4] http://www.soartelescope.org/observing/documentation/goodman-high-throughput-spectrograph/goodman-high-throughput-spectrograph
[5] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/andicam
[6] http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/Y4KCam/index.html
[7] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/cfccd
[8] http://www.noao.edu/ets/newfirm/
[9] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ispi
[10] http://www.soartelescope.org/observing/spartan-infrared-camera
[11] http://www.soartelescope.org/observing/documentation/ohio-state-infrared-imager-spectrometer-osiris/ohio-state-infrared-imager-spectrometer
[12] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/40-m-R-C-Spectrograph
[13] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/hydra
[14] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/15-m-R-C-Spectrograph
[15] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/15-m-echelle
[16] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/observing-noao-south
[17] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/forms/supportforms/visitor_support.html
[18] http://www.soartelescope.org/observing
[19] http://www.soartelescope.org/observing/observing-forms-and-reports