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Paper Abstract
IRIS is a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 micron) integral field spectrograph and wide-field imager being developed for first light with the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). It mounts to the advanced adaptive optics (AO) system NFIRAOS and has integrated on-instrument wavefront sensors (OIWFS) to achieve diffraction-limited spatial resolution at wavelengths longer than 1 μm. With moderate spectral resolution (R ~ 4000 – 8,000) and large bandpass over a continuous field of view, IRIS will open new opportunities in virtually every area of astrophysical science. It will be able to resolve surface features tens of kilometers across Titan, while also mapping the most distant galaxies at the scale of an individual star forming region. This paper summarizes the entire design and capabilities, and includes the results from the nearly completed preliminary design phase.
Paper Details
Date Published: 9 August 2016
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99081W (9 August 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2232212
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9908:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Christopher J. Evans; Luc Simard; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99081W (9 August 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2232212
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James E. Larkin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (United States)
Anna M. Moore, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Shelley A. Wright, Univ. of California, San Diego (United States)
James E. Wincentsen, California Institute of Technology (United States)
David Anderson, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
Eric M. Chisholm, Thirty Meter Telescope (United States)
Richard G. Dekany, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Jennifer S. Dunn, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
Brent L. Ellerbroek, Thirty Meter Telescope (United States)
Anna M. Moore, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Shelley A. Wright, Univ. of California, San Diego (United States)
James E. Wincentsen, California Institute of Technology (United States)
David Anderson, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
Eric M. Chisholm, Thirty Meter Telescope (United States)
Richard G. Dekany, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Jennifer S. Dunn, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
Brent L. Ellerbroek, Thirty Meter Telescope (United States)
Yutaka Hayano, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
Andrew C. Phillips, Univ. of California Observatories (United States)
Luc Simard, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
Roger Smith, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Ryuji Suzuki, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
Robert W. Weber, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Jason L. Weiss, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (United States)
Kai Zhang, National Astronomical Observatories (China)
Andrew C. Phillips, Univ. of California Observatories (United States)
Luc Simard, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
Roger Smith, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Ryuji Suzuki, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
Robert W. Weber, Caltech Optical Observatories (United States)
Jason L. Weiss, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (United States)
Kai Zhang, National Astronomical Observatories (China)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9908:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Christopher J. Evans; Luc Simard; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
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