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Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy (Proceedings Volume)

Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 6269
Editor(s): Ian S. McLean; Masanori Iye
Date: 23 June 2006

ISBN: 9780819463340

2072 pages; 193 papers; Softcover

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The LSST camera system overview
Author(s): Kirk Gilmore; Steven Kahn; Martin Nordby; David Burke; Paul O'Connor; John Oliver; Veljko Radeka; Terry Schalk; Rafe Schindler
Performance of AAOmega: the AAT multi-purpose fiber-fed spectrograph
Author(s): Robert Sharp; Will Saunders; Greg Smith; Vladimir Churilov; David Correll; John Dawson; Tony Farrel; Gabriella Frost; Roger Haynes; Ron Heald; Allan Lankshear; Don Mayfield; Lew Waller; Dennis Whittard
The multi-object double spectrographs for the Large Binocular Telescope
Author(s): R. W. Pogge; B. Atwood; S. R. Belville; D. F. Brewer; P. L. Byard; D. L. DePoy; M. A. Derwent; J. Eastwood; R. Gonzalez; A. Krygier; J. R. Marshall; P. Martini; J. A. Mason; T. P. O'Brien; P. S. Osmer; D. P. Pappalardo; D. P. Steinbrecher; E. J. Teiga; D. H. Weinberg
Probing unexplored territories with MUSE: a second generation instrument for the VLT
Author(s): R. Bacon; S. Bauer; P. Boehm; D. Boudon; S. Brau-Nogué; P. Caillier; L. Capoani; C. M. Carollo; N. Champavert; T. Contini; E. Daguisé; D. Dallé; B. Delabre; J. Devriendt; S. Dreizler; J. Dubois; M. Dupieux; J. P. Dupin; E. Emsellem; P. Ferruit; M. Franx; G. Gallou; J. Gerssen; B. Guiderdoni; T. Hahn; D. Hofmann; A. Jarno; A. Kelz; C. Koehler; W. Kollatschny; J. Kosmalski; F. Laurent; S. J. Lilly; J. Lizon; M. Loupias; S. Lynn; A. Manescau; R. M. McDermid; C. Monstein; H. Nicklas; L. Parès; L. Pasquini; A. Pécontal-Rousset; E. Pécontal; R. Pello; C. Petit; J.-P. Picat; E. Popow; A. Quirrenbach; R. Reiss; E. Renault; M. Roth; J. Schaye; G. Soucail; M. Steinmetz; S. Stroebele; R. Stuik; P. Weilbacher; H. Wozniak; P. T. de Zeeuw
Getting ELMER ready for science: laboratory tests
Author(s): M. L. García-Vargas; J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa; J. M. Martín-Fleitas; R. Kohley; E. Sánchez-Blanco; P. L. Hammersley; A. Cabrera; M. Maldonado; R. Vilela
The exoplanet hunter HARPS: unequalled accuracy and perspectives toward 1 cm s-1 precision
Author(s): Christophe Lovis; Francesco Pepe; François Bouchy; Gaspare Lo Curto; Michel Mayor; Luca Pasquini; Didier Queloz; Gero Rupprecht; Stéphane Udry; Shay Zucker
HAWK-I: the new wide-field IR imager for the VLT
Author(s): Mark Casali; Jean-Francois Pirard; Markus Kissler-Patig; Alan Moorwood; Luigi Bedin; Peter Biereichel; Bernard Delabre; Reinhold Dorn; Gert Finger; Domingo Gojak; Gotthard Huster; Yves Jung; Franz Koch; Jean-Louis Lizon; Leander Mehrgan; Eszter Pozna; Armin Silber; Barbara Sokar; Joerg Stegmeier
The VISTA infrared camera
Author(s): G. B. Dalton; M. Caldwell; A. K. Ward; M. S. Whalley; G. Woodhouse; R. L. Edeson; P. Clark; S. M. Beard; A. M. Gallie; S. P. Todd; J. M. D. Strachan; N. N. Bezawada; W. J. Sutherland; J. P. Emerson
Performance of the Gemini near-infrared spectrograph
Author(s): Jonathan H. Elias; Bernadette Rodgers; Richard R. Joyce; Manuel Lazo; Gregory Doppmann; Claudia Winge; Alberto Rodríguez-Ardila
FLAMINGOS-2: the facility near-infrared wide-field imager and multi-object spectrograph for Gemini
Author(s): Stephen Eikenberry; Richard Elston; S. Nicholas Raines; Jeff Julian; Kevin Hanna; David Hon; Roger Julian; R. Bandyopadhyay; J. Greg Bennett; Aaron Bessoff; Matt Branch; Richard Corley; John-David Eriksen; Skip Frommeyer; Anthony Gonzalez; Michael Herlevich; Antonio Marin-Franch; Jose Marti; Charlie Murphy; David Rashkin; Craig Warner; Brian Leckie; W. Rusty Gardhouse; Murray Fletcher; Jennifer Dunn; Robert Wooff; Tim Hardy
EMIR: the GTC NIR multi-object imager-spectrograph
Author(s): F. Garzón; D. Abreu; S. Barrera; S. Becerril; L. M. Cairós; J. J. Díaz; A. B. Fragoso; F. Gago; R. Grange; C. González; P. López; J. Patrón; J. Pérez; J. L. Rasilla; P. Redondo; R. Restrepo; P. Saavedra; V. Sánchez; F. Tenegi; M. Vallbé
The GIANO-TNG spectrometer
Author(s): E. Oliva; L. Origlia; C. Baffa; C. Biliotti; P. Bruno; F. D'Amato; C. Del Vecchio; G. Falcini; S. Gennari; F. Ghinassi; E. Giani; M. Gonzalez; F. Leone; M. Lolli; M. Lodi; R. Maiolino; F. Mannucci; G. Marcucci; I. Mochi; P. Montegriffo; E. Rossetti; S. Scuderi; M. Sozzi
OSIRIS: a diffraction limited integral field spectrograph for Keck
Author(s): James Larkin; Matthew Barczys; Alfred Krabbe; Sean Adkins; Ted Aliado; Paola Amico; George Brims; Randy Campbell; John Canfield; Thomas Gasaway; Allan Honey; Christof Iserlohe; Chris Johnson; Evan Kress; David LaFreniere; James Lyke; Ken Magnone; Nick Magnone; Michael McElwain; Juleen Moon; Andreas Quirrenbach; Gunnar Skulason; Inseok Song; Michael Spencer; Jason Weiss; Shelley Wright
FIFI LS: the far-infrared integral field spectrometer for SOFIA
Author(s): R. Klein; A. Poglitsch; W. Raab; N. Geis; M. Hamidouche; L. W. Looney; R. Hönle; M. Schweitzer; W. Viehhauser; R. Genzel; E. E. Haller; Th. Henning
Characterizing the system performance of FIFI LS: the field-imaging far-infrared line spectrometer for SOFIA
Author(s): W. Raab; A. Poglitsch; R. Klein; R. Hoenle; M. Schweizer; W. Viehhauser; N. Geis; R. Genzel; L. W. Looney; M. Hamidouche; T. Henning; E. E. Haller
QuantEYE: a quantum optics instrument for extremely large telescopes
Author(s): Giampiero Naletto; Cesare Barbieri; Dainis Dravins; Tommaso Occhipinti; Fabrizio Tamburini; Vania Da Deppo; Sonia Fornasier; Mauro D'Onofrio; Robert A. E. Fosbury; Ricky Nilsson; Helena Uthas; Luca Zampieri
WFOS: a wide field optical spectrograph for the Thirty Meter Telescope
Author(s): John S. Pazder; Scott Roberts; Roberto Abraham; Andre Anthony; Murray Fletcher; Tim Hardy; David Loop; Simon Sun
The CCD imaging systems for LAMOST
Author(s): Sicheng Zou; Gang Wang
ELT site prospect in Morocco: aerosol characterization
Author(s): Aziza Bounhir; Zouhair Benkhaldoun; Mougenot Bernard; El Arbi Siher; Mohamed Lazrek
A new-generation multi-object high throughput Doppler instrument for a planet survey at the SDSS Telescope
Author(s): Jian Ge; Xiaoke Wan; Bo Zhao; Abishek Hariharan; Suvrath Mahadevan; Julian van Eyken; Pengcheng Guo; Dan McDavitt; Curtis DeWitt; Roger Cohen; Scott W. Fleming; Stephen Kane; Justin Crepp; Stuart Shaklan
Wide field spectrograph concepts for the European Extremely Large Telescope
Author(s): G. Moretto; R. Bacon; J.-G. Cuby; F. Hammer; Philippe Amram; S. Blais-Ouellette; P.-E. Blanc; J. Devriendt; B. Epinat; T. Fusco; P. Jagourel; O. Hernandez; J.-P. Kneib; I. Montilla; B. Neichel; E. Pécontal; E. Prieto; M. Puech
Data reduction software of the X-shooter spectrograph
Author(s): P. Goldoni; F. Royer; P. François; M. Horrobin; G. Blanc; J. Vernet; A. Modigliani; J. Larsen
A study of the UVES instrumental polarization
Author(s): S. Hubrig; N. Nesvacil; G. Mathys; C. Ledoux
A fiber feed system for a multiple object Doppler instrument at Sloan Telescope
Author(s): Xiaoke Wan; Jian Ge; Pengcheng Guo; Bo Zhao; Lakshminarayan Hariharan; Daniel McDavitt
BESO: a high-resolution spectrograph for the Hexapod-Telescope
Author(s): Ingo Steiner; Walter Seifert; Otmar Stahl; Roland Lemke; Rolf Chini; Immo Appenzeller
The optical design of the X-shooter for the VLT
Author(s): P. Spanò; B. Delabre; A. Norup Sørensen; F. Rigal; A. de Ugarte Postigo; R. Mazzoleni; G. Sacco; P. Conconi; V. De Caprio; N. Michaelsen
The Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph
Author(s): Jeffrey D. Crane; Stephen A. Shectman; R. Paul Butler
Development of simultaneous imaging polarimeter
Author(s): Kenta Fujita; Maiko Nishida; Yoichi Itoh; Tadashi Mukai
LUCIFER status report: Summer 2006
Author(s): H. G. Mandel; I. Appenzeller; W. Seifert; H. Baumeister; R.-J. Dettmar; C. Feiz; H. Gemperlein; A. Germeroth; B. Grimm; J. Heidt; T. Herbst; R. Hofmann; M. Jütte; V. Knierim; W. Laun; T. Luks; M. Lehmitz; R. Lenzen; K. Polsterer; A. Quirrenbach; R.-R. Rohloff; J. Rosenberger; P. Weiser; H. Weisz
BLAST autonomous daytime star cameras
Author(s): Marie Rex; Edward Chapin; Mark J. Devlin; Joshua Gundersen; Jeff Klein; Enzo Pascale; Donald Wiebe
LAIWO: a new wide-field CCD camera for Wise Observatory
Author(s): Harald Baumeister; Cristina Afonso; Karl-Heinz Marien; Ralf Klein
CCD testing and characterization for dark energy survey
Author(s): J. Estrada; T. Abbott; B. Angstadt; L. Buckley-Geer; M. Brown; J. Campa; L. Cardiel; H. Cease; B. Flaugher; K. Dawson; G. Derylo; H. T. Diehl; S. Gruenendahl; I. Karliner; W. Merrit; P. Moore; T. C. Moore; N. Roe; V. Scarpine; R. Schmidt; M. Schubnel; T. Shaw; W. Stuermer; J. Thaler
Fibre modal noise issues in astronomical spectrophotometry
Author(s): Jason C. W. Corbett; Jeremy Allington-Smith
ISLE: a general purpose near-infrared imager and medium-resolution spectrograph for the 1.88-m telescope at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Author(s): Kenshi Yanagisawa; Yasuhiro Shimizu; Kiichi Okita; Shogo Nagayama; Yasuhiko Sato; Hisashi Koyano; Takafumi Okada; Ikuru Iwata; Fumihiro Uraguchi; Etsuji Watanabe; Michitoshi Yoshida; Shin-ichiro Okumura; Hidehiko Nakaya; Tomoyasu Yamamuro
FRIDA: integral-field spectrograph and imager for the adaptive optics system of the Gran Telescopio Canarias
Author(s): J. A. López; V. Bringas; S. Cuevas; J. J. Díaz; S. S. Eikenberry; C. Espejo; R. Estrada; R. Flores-Meza; F. J. Fuentes; F. Garzón; P. L. Hammersley; J. M. Montoya; A. Prieto; B. Sánchez; R. Toral; A. Watson
The spectrometer optics of GIANO-TNG
Author(s): S. Gennari; I. Mochi; S. L. Donati; E. Oliva; L. Origlia; P. Sandri
The mechanics and cryogenics of GIANO-TNG
Author(s): S. Gennari; C. Del Vecchio; I. Mochi; E. Oliva; L. Origlia; R. Tomelleri; F. Rossettini; D. Milani; M. Liffredo; D. Tommasin; G. Roveta
FLAMINGOS-2 OIWFS
Author(s): Brian Leckie; William Gardhouse; Murray Fletcher; Robert Wooff; Tim Hardy
The UK FMOS spectrograph
Author(s): G. B. Dalton; I. J. Lewis; D. G. Bonfield; A. R. Holmes; C. B. Brooks; H. Lee; I. A. J. Tosh; T. R. Froud; M. Patel; N. A. Dipper; C. Blackburn
TEXES on Gemini
Author(s): John H. Lacy; Daniel T. Jaffe; Matthew J. Richter; Thomas K. Greathouse; Martin Bitner; Pedro Segura; William Moller; Thomas R. Geballe; Kevin Volk
KASINICS: KASI Near-Infrared Camera System
Author(s): Sang-Mok Cha; Ho Jin; In-Soo Yuk; Sungho Lee; Uk-Won Nam; Bongkon Moon; Seungwon Mock; Jeong-Yeol Han; Dea-Hee Lee; Jang-Hyun Park; Jae-Mann Kyeong; Soojong Pak; Geon-Hee Kim; Chun-Hwey Kim
SIRPOL: a JHKs-simultaneous imaging polarimeter for the IRSF 1.4-m telescope
Author(s): Ryo Kandori; Nobuhiko Kusakabe; Motohide Tamura; Yasushi Nakajima; Takahiro Nagayama; Chie Nagashima; Jun Hashimoto; Jim Hough; Shuji Sato; Tetsuya Nagata; Akika Ishihara; Phil Lucas; Misato Fukagawa
The REMIR cryogenics restyling
Author(s): F. Vitali; J. L. Lizon; G. Ihle; M. Accardo; L. Gonzales; P. Sinclaire; J. Pineda; A. Pizarro; J. Valenzuela; P. Conconi; F. D'Alessio; V. De Caprio; M. Riva; E. Molinari; G. Chincarini; F. M. Zerbi; M. Rodonò; S. Covino; V. Testa; G. Tosti; L. A. Antonelli; G. Malaspina; E. Palazzi
Status of the EMIR mechanical system
Author(s): V. Sánchez; S. Barrera; S. Becerril; S. Correa; J. Pérez; P. Redondo; R. Restrepo; P. Saavedra; F. Tenegi; J. Patrón; F. Garzón
Integration and first results of the CAMCAO NIR camera
Author(s): António Amorim; Jorge Lima; João Alves; José Rebordão; José Pinhão; Luis Gurriana; Alexandre Cabral; Enrico Marchetti; Johann Kolb; Sebastian Tordo; Gert Finger; Jean-Louis Lizon; Filipe Duarte Santos; Rui Ferreira Marques; Rui Alves; Rui Barros
FLITECAM: a 1-5 micron camera and spectrometer for SOFIA
Author(s): Ian S. McLean; Erin C. Smith; T. Aliado; G. Brims; E. Kress; K. Magnone; J. Milburn; A. Oldag; T. Silvers; G. Skulason; Eric E. Becklin; Ralph Y. Shuping
CORONA: progress report on the Dome C prototype APKC coronagraph
Author(s): G. Guerri; J. B. Daban; F. Vakili; L. Abe; E. Aristidi; K. Agabi; P. Bendjoya; J. Sarry; F. X. Schmider; B. Lopez
The gas absorption cell for GIANO-TNG
Author(s): F. D'Amato; E. Oliva; L. Origlia
Performance of F2T2 tandem tunable etalon
Author(s): Alan Scott; Maniyar Javed; Roberto Abraham; Steve Eikenberry; Elizabeth Barton; Matthew Bershady; Joss Bland-Hawthorn; David Crampton; Rene Doyon; Jeff Julian; Roger Julian; Jean-Paul Kneib; David Loop; Nick Raines; Neil Rowlands; J. D. Smith
RINGO: a novel ring polarimeter for rapid GRB followup
Author(s): I. A. Steele; S. D. Bates; D. Carter; D. Clarke; A. Gomboc; C. Guidorzi; A. Melandri; A. Monfardini; C. J. Mottram; C. G. Mundell; A. B. Scott; R. J. Smith; J. Swindlehurst
Ground-layer turbulence profiling using a lunar SHABAR
Author(s): Anna Moore; Eric Aristidi; Michael Ashley; Maurizio Busso; Maurizio Candidi; Jon Everett; Suzanne Kenyon; Jon Lawrence; D. Luong-Van; Andre Phillips; Brice Le Roux; Roberto Ragazzoni; Piero Salinari; John Storey; Melinda Taylor; Gino Tosti; Tony Travouillon
IRMOS: The near-infrared multi-object spectrograph for the TMT
Author(s): Stephen Eikenberry; David Andersen; Rafael Guzman; John Bally; Salvador Cuevas; Murray Fletcher; Rusty Gardhouse; Don Gavel; Anthony Gonzalez; Nicolas Gruel; Fred Hamann; Sam Hamner; Roger Julian; Jeff Julian; David Koo; Elizabeth Lada; Brian Leckie; J. Alberto Lopez; Roser Pello; Jorge Perez; William Rambold; Carlos Roman; Ata Sarajedini; Jonathan Tan; Kim Venn; Jean-Pierre Veran; John Ziegert
Development of the readout controller for KASINICS
Author(s): Seoung-hyun Cho; Ho Jin; Uk-Won Nam; Sungho Lee; Kyung-Nam Kong; In-Soo Yuk; Youngsik Park; Soojong Pak; Wonyong Han; Sungsoo S. Kim
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