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Observing modes for the new SCORPIO imager and spectrograph at Gemini South
- Source :
- Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII.
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- SPIE, 2018.
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Abstract
- SCORPIO (Spectrograph and Camera for Observation of Rapid Phenomena in the Infrared and Optical) is the new workhorse instrument for the Gemini South Telescope in Chile. Originally proposed in response to the Gen4#3 solicitation, SCORPIO is a unique fast-multicolor imager and ultra-wide band spectrograph capable of rapid exposures for high time-resolution images and spectra. SCORPIO consists of 8 separate channels (corresponding to the standard wavebands g, r, i, z, Y, H, J, K ) that can operate with different exposure times. Each channel can be used in imaging or long-slit mode, with independent readout timing. In this report we illustrate the detectors, the control systems, and the observing modes that will be available with SCORPIO.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Infrared
business.industry
Detector
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
law.invention
Telescope
Optics
law
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
business
Spectrograph
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........df7f3be305d8fa39ba08ecd1ead0d320