Instruments by Telescope

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

Blanco 4-m Telescope Instruments

Blanco Telescope Scientist: tabbottATctio.noao.edu
COSMOS Instrument Scientist: spointsATctio.noao.edu
DECam Instrument Scientist: awalkerATctio.noao.edu

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

SOAR Instruments

See SOAR site pages:
          SOAR Optical Instrumentation
          SOAR Infrared Instrumentation

SMARTS Instruments

Telescope Instrument Slit or FOV (arcmin) Resolving Power or scale
(arcsec/pix)		 Wavelength range (micron)
or Filters		 Observing Mode
1.5-m
(60-inch)  		 CHIRON
Spectrograph
 		  one star <140,000 0.41-0.87 Entirely service/queue mode. 
 
0.9-m
(36-inch)		 Tek2K
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 (retired)
4-m RC Spectrograph (retired)
NEWFIRM - infrared wide field imager (transfered back to Mayall 4-m at Kitt Peak)
ISPI - IR imager (inactive)
Hydra - multi-object optical spectrograph (retired)

1.5-m R-C Spectrograph (retired)
ANDICAM - optical and infrared imager (retired)