EMIR: The GTC NIR multi-object imager-spectrograph
Por:
Garzón, F., Abreu, D., Barrera, S., Becerril, S., Cairós, L.M., Díaz, J.J., Fragoso, A.B., Gago, F., Grange, R., González, C., López, P., Patrón, J., Pérez, J., Rasilla, J.L., Redondo, P., Restrepo, R., Saavedra, P., Sánchez, V., Tenegi, F., Vallbé, M.
Publicada:
1 ene 2006
Resumen:
EMIR, currently entering into its fabrication and AIV phase, will be one of the first common user instruments for the GTC, the 10 meter telescope under construction by GRANTECAN at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Canary Islands, Spain). EMIR is being built by a Consortium of Spanish and French institutes led by the Institute de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC). EMIR is designed to realize one of the central goals of 10m class telescopes, allowing observers to obtain spectra for large numbers of faint sources in an time-efficient manner. EMIR is primarily designed to be operated as a MOS in the K band, but offers a wide range of observing modes, including imaging and spectroscopy, both long slit and multiobject, in the wavelength range 0.9 to 2. 5 µm. It is equipped with two innovative subsystems: a robotic reconfigurable multislit mask and disperssive elements formed by the combination of high quality difracction grating and conventional prisms, both at the heart of the instrument. The present status of development, expected performances, schedule and plans for scientific exploitation are described and discussed. The development and fabrication of EMIR is funded by GRANTECAN and the Plan Nacional de Astronomia y Astrofisica (National Plan for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spain).
Filiaciones:
Garzón, F.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Departamento de Astrofisica, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Abreu, D.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Barrera, S.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Becerril, S.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Cairós, L.M.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Díaz, J.J.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Fragoso, A.B.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Gago, F.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Grange, R.:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseiile-Provence, Marseiile, France
González, C.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
López, P.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Patrón, J.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Pérez, J.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Rasilla, J.L.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Redondo, P.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Restrepo, R.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Saavedra, P.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Sánchez, V.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Tenegi, F.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Vallbé, M.:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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