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Instruments by Telescope [1]

See Instruments by type [2]

Scientific Staff Telescope and Instrument Responsibilities [3]
Check the NOIRLab site [4] to make sure that your favorite instrument and telescope are available before writing your proposal!

Blanco 4-m Telescope [5] Instruments

Blanco Telescope Scientist: tabbottATctio.noao.edu [6]
COSMOS Instrument Scientist: spointsATctio.noao.edu [7]
DECam Instrument Scientist: awalkerATctio.noao.edu [8]

Instrument FOV or slit
(arcmin)		 Resolving Power or Scale
(arcsec/pix)		 Detector Wavelegth range
(micron)		 Status
DECam [9]
Wide field
optical imager		 132x132 0.263 62x
2048x4096
CCDs		 0.32-1.10
(grizy filters)		 Available
COSMOS [10]  [11]
Optical Imager		 10 arcmin diameter (imaging) 0.29 e2v (2048x4096) 0.32-0.98 Available
COSMOS [10]
Optical Spectrograph		 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, 1.5, 3.0 arcsec (long slit) ~2200 (with 0.9 arcsec slit) e2v (2048x4096)  0.37-0.98 Available
COSMOS [10]  [11]
Multi-Object Spectrograph		 5x10 arcmin (MOS) ~2200 (with 0.9 arcsec slits) e2v
(2048x4096)		 0.37-0.98 Available

SOAR [12] Instruments

See SOAR site pages:
          SOAR Optical Instrumentation [13]
          SOAR Infrared Instrumentation [14]

SMARTS [15] Instruments

Telescope Instrument Slit or FOV (arcmin) Resolving Power or scale
(arcsec/pix)		 Wavelength range (micron)
or Filters		 Observing Mode
1.5-m [16]
(60-inch)  		 CHIRON [17]
Spectrograph
 		  one star <140,000 0.41-0.87 Entirely service/queue mode. 
 
0.9-m [18]
(36-inch)		 Tek2K [19]
Optical imager		 13.6x13.6 0.401 0.31-1.00 Mixture of classical and service/queue observing, each run is 7 nights duration.

 

CTIO Instruments No Longer Available

CTIO Mosaic II - optical wide field imager [20] (retired)
4-m RC Spectrograph [21] (retired)
NEWFIRM - infrared wide field imager [22] (transfered back to Mayall 4-m at Kitt Peak)
ISPI - IR imager [23] (inactive)
Hydra - multi-object optical spectrograph [24] (retired)

1.5-m R-C Spectrograph [25] (retired)
ANDICAM - optical and infrared imager [26] (retired)

 

 

 

 

 

 
Source URL (modified on 08/07/2020 - 15:47): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/instruments-telescope

Links
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/instruments-telescope
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/instruments-type
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Scientific-Staff-Telescopes-Instruments-Responsibilities
[4] http://ast.noao.edu/observing/current-telescopes-instruments
[5] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/victor-blanco-telescope
[6] mailto:tabbott@ctio.noao.edu
[7] mailto:spoints@ctio.noao.edu
[8] mailto:awalker@ctio.noao.edu
[9] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/dark-energy-camera-decam
[10] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/COSMOS
[11] http://www.noao.edu/nstc/kosmos/
[12] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/
[13] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/optical-instrumentation-soar
[14] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/soar/content/infrared-instrumentation-soar-0
[15] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/smarts-consortium
[16] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/15-m-telescope
[17] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/CHIRON
[18] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/SMARTS-09-m-Telescope
[19] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Tek2K
[20] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/mosaic-ii-ccd-imager
[21] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/40-m-r-c-spectrograph
[22] http://www.noao.edu/ets/newfirm/
[23] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ispi
[24] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/hydra
[25] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/15-m-R-C-Spectrograph
[26] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/andicam