Slit and Echelle Spectrograph Instruments
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CARELEC | CAFOS | IDS | ALFOSC | TWIN | DOLORES | IRIS2 | ISIS | ACAM | |
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Year of commissioning | 1986 | 1997 | 1984 | 1996 | 1988 | 2000 | 2002 | 1989 | 2009 |
Location | OHP | CAHA, Spain | La Palma | La Palma | CAHA, Spain | La Palma | Australia | La Palma | La Palma |
Telescope Name | OHP193 | 2.2m | INT | NOT | 3.5m | TNG | AAT | WHT | WHT |
Telescope Size | 1.93 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.92 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Operated by | INSU | CAHA | STFC | NOTSA | CAHA | INAF | AAO | STFC | STFC |
Type | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit |
Accessible wavelength range | 0.3 -1.1 | 0.3 -1.1 | 0.3 -1.0 | 0.3 -1.1 | 0.3 -1.1 | 0.3 -1.0 | 0.9-2.5 | 0.3 -1.0 | 0.35 -0.94 |
Accessible field ( slit length) | 5.5' | 16' | 3.3' | 5' | 4' | 8.6' | 7.7' | 4' | 6' |
Resolving power(s) | 500-5000 | 600-3000 | ~700-8000 | 200-10000 | 3000-14000 | 500-6000 | 2400 | 2000-15000 | 400 |
Unvignetted array dimensions (pixels) | |||||||||
Detector pixel size (actual) | 15 µm | 15 µm | |||||||
Detector pixel size, on sky, across dispersion | 0.55 | 0.4" | 0.3"? | 0.25" | 0.2" | 0.25" | |||
Detector pixel size, on sky, along dispersion | 0.55 | ||||||||
Dispersion (nm/pix) | |||||||||
No of cross-dispersed orders (echelles only) | |||||||||
Spectropolarimetry | YES | NO |
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NO | NO | YES | NO | ||
Cross Dispersed? | NO | NO | R=4000 echelle option | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||
FP? | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||
SOPHIE | NARVAL | FEROS | FOCES | FIES | HARPS-N | HARPS | UCLES | UCLES/CYCLOPS
Not yet commissioned |
UHRF | ESPADONS | WYFFOS | |
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Year of commissioning | 2006 | 2012 | 2005 | 1994 | ||||||||
Location | OHP | Pic du Midi | La Silla | CAHA, Spain | La Palma | La Palma | La Silla | Australia | Australia | Australia | MK, Hawaii | La Palma |
Telescope Name | 1.93 | TBL | 2.2 | CAHA 2.2 | NOT | TNG | ESO 3.6 | AAT | AAT | AAT | CFHT | WHT |
Telescope Size | 1.93 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.92 | 3.92 | 3.92 | 4 | 4.2 |
Operated by | INSU | INSU | MPG | INSU | NOTSA | INAF | ESO | AAO | AAO | AAO | INSU | STFC |
Type | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Echelle | Multi-fibre |
Accessible wavelength range | 0.38-0.69 | 0.37-1.0 | 0.3-0.9 | 0.36-0.94 | 0.37-0.74 | 0.3-0.7 | 0.3-0.7 | 0.3-1.0 | 0.3-9.0 | 0.3-1.0 | 0.37-1.0 | 0.3-1.0 |
Accessible field | 50' | |||||||||||
Resolving power(s) | 40000, 75000 | 65000 | 48000 | 50000 | 25000-68000 | 120000 | 120000 | 48000-80000 | 75000 | 300000-940000 | 80000 | 7500 |
Unvignetted array dimensions (pixels) | ||||||||||||
Detector pixel size (actual) | ||||||||||||
Detector pixel size, on sky, across dispersion | ||||||||||||
Detector pixel size, on sky, along dispersion | ||||||||||||
Dispersion (nm/pix) | ||||||||||||
No of cross-dispersed orders (echelles only) | ||||||||||||
Spectropolarimetry | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
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Cross Dispersed? | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||||||
FP? | NO | NO | NO | |||||||||
MAGIC | NOTCAM | O-CASS | NICS | Giano (Infrared)
Not yet commissioned |
GriF (AOB/KIR)
No longer offered |
SOFI | LIRIS | |
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Year of commissioning | 1994 | 2001 | 1997 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
Location | CAHA, Spain | La Palma | CAHA, Spain | La Palma | La Palma | Mauna Kea, Hawaii | La Silla | La Palma |
Telescope Name | CAHA 2.2 | NOT | 3.5m | TNG | TNG | CFHT | NTT | WHT |
Telescope Size | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
Operated by | CAHA | NOTSA | CAHA | INAF | INAF | INSU | ESO | STFC |
Type | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit | Slit | Grism/FP | Slit | Slit |
Accessible wavelength range | 0.9-2.5 | 0.9-2.5 | 0.9-2.5 | 0.9-2.5 | 0.75-2.5 | 1.8-2.5 | 0.9-2.5 | 0.8-2.5 |
Accessible field ( slit length) | 4' | |||||||
Resolving power(s) | 130,260 | 2500,5500 | 400-4000 | 50-2500 | 400 or 23000 | 400-2000 | 600-1500 | ~700-2500 |
Unvignetted array dimensions (pixels) | ||||||||
Detector pixel size (actual) | 18.5 µm | |||||||
Detector pixel size, on sky, across dispersion | 0.2' | |||||||
Detector pixel size, on sky, along dispersion | ||||||||
Dispersion (nm/pix) | ||||||||
No of cross-dispersed orders (echelles only) | ||||||||
Spectropolarimetry | NO | YES | NO |
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YES | |||
Cross Dispersed? | YES | NO | ||||||
FP? | YES | NO | ||||||