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)
Links
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/12
[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