SMARTS 1.3-m Telescope

The SMARTS 1.3 meter telescope has been close since late August 2019.

The SMARTS 1.3-meter telescope was previously the 2MASS southern telescope before SMARTS took over its operation. A permanently-mounted, dual-channel, optical-IR imager called ANDICAM takes simultaneous optical and infrared data on the telescope. The 1.3-m was operated entirely in service / queue mode.

ANDICAM started regular operations at the 1.3-m in February 2003 by the SMARTS Consortium. Previously, it had been operated in queue mode on the 1.0-m (YALO Consortium) with the optical detector since the 1998B semester. The IR array was installed in July 1999, enabling simultaneous optical and infrared imaging, including dithering in the IR channel while the optical channel integrates.  ANDICAM was constructed by the Ohio State astronomical instrumentation group led by Darren DePoy and its construction was funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

ANDICAM takes simultaneous optical and infrared data by using a dichroic with a CCD and a HgCdTe array.  A moveable mirror allows dithering in the IR while an optical exposure is going on. The primary purpose of the instrument is for microlensing event follow-up to look for the presence of planets and other anomalous behaviour.  ANDICAM is operated by the Prospero control software. It also has a twin--DANDICAM (Dutch ANDICAM)--that is used on a 1m telescope in South Africa.  With ANDICAM one can obtain UBVRIJHK photometry within a 6 arcmin (optical) or 1 arcmin (near-IR) field.

ANDICAM Resources

• SMARTS 1.3-meter (Yale University webpage)
• ANDICAM Data Products (Yale University webpage)
• ANDICAM Instrument and Detector Characteristics (Ohio State University webpage)
• Filters for ANDICAM at SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope. BVRI and JHK filters
   
  

  	FILTER	Plot	Data file
  CCD Filters	KPNO-B	kpno_b.pdf	kpno_b.txt
  	KPNO-V	kpno_v.pdf	kpno_v.txt
  	KPNO-I	kpno_i.pdf	kpno_i.txt
  Infrared Filers	J-band	andi_j.pdf	j_andi.txt
  	H-band	andi_h.pdf	h_andi.txt
  	K-band	andi_k.pdf	k_andi.txt
  Legacy Filters	YALO B	yalo_b.pdf	b_yalo.txt
  	YALO wide R	yalo_r.pdf	r_yalo.txt

• ANDICAM E-mail lists

Operational Information

• Telescope Operator Instructions (Yale University webpage)
• Optical Processing Procedure (Yale University webpage) 

Reports

• Nightly Observing Logs (2006 - 2014)
• Nightly Observing Reports (2006 - 2014)
• Daily Processing Reports (2003-2013)
   
• Photometric Standards and Measurements Report

General Information

• Problem Observing Landolt PG1323
• Neutral Density Filters
• Information on Queue Software

1.3m Usage Summaries (2004-2006)

• 2004B Usage
• 2005A Usage
• 2005B Usage
• 2006A Usage
• 2006B Usage

NOTE: The 1.3m has been removed from the CTIO exposure time calculator. The values obtained using this calculator were found to be too optimistic by several orders of magnitude. Please estimate you exposure times using the values found at the ANDICAM detector website.