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- Title
INFRARED WIDE FIELD CAMERA-SPECTROGRAPHS FOR A 2M-CLASS TELESCOPE AT DOME C.
- Authors
Mora, A.; Eiroa, C.; Barrado, D.; Navascués, D.; Persi, P.; Abia, C.
- Abstract
We are exploring instrumental concepts of Near and Mid InfraRed (NIR, MIR) wide field camera-spectrographs for a 2 m-class telescope at Antarctica. Scientific drivers are star formation and very low mass objects. Both concepts pretend to exploit the unique features of Dome C: superb seeing, low temperature, improved IR transmission and reduced sky background. Two preliminary concepts are presented here. The NIR instrument would cover the wavelength range 0.97- 5.0 μm and would be optimized for the K,L and M bands. The MIR instrument would observe in the range 7-30 μm and would be specifically designed to exploit the extended portion of the Q window (20+ μm).
- Subjects
ANTARCTICA; STAR formation; SPECTROGRAPHS; NEAR infrared spectroscopy; ASTRONOMICAL instruments; TELESCOPES; LOW temperatures; WAVELENGTHS; OBSERVATORY domes
- Publication
EAS Publications Series, 2008, Vol 33, p289
- ISSN
1633-4760
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1051/eas:0833042