AAS 205th Meeting, 9-13 January 2005
Session 49 Radio and IR Observatories and Instruments
Poster, Tuesday, January 11, 2005, 9:20am-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall

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[49.11] Near Infrared Camera Comissioning for ARC 3.5M Telescope

F.R. Hearty (University of Colorado), J. Morse (Arizona State University), S. Beland, J. Green, N. Cunningham, R. Valentine, M. Drosback, C. Froning (University of Colorado), P. Hartigan (Rice University), J. Barentine (New Mexico State University)

A near-infrared camera is being commissioned for the ARC 3.5 meter telescope that will operate in both an imaging and a narrow band, full field spectroscopic mode. The 4.5’ x 4.5’ field-of-view is imaged onto a new-generation, low-noise Rockwell Hawaii-1RG 1024x1024 HgCdTe detector. High resolution (R~10,000) spectroscopy is accomplished by employing a Queensgate (now IC Optical) cryogenic Fabry-Perot etalon. The instrument is housed in a large Dewar of innovative, light-weight design. This presentation describes the as-built opto-mechanical system for the instrument and the initial commissioning results at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.


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