Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20923802f&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #238.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The telescopes and instruments of Gemini have been designed from the ground up to deliver excellent performance in the infrared regime. This is particularly true for the mid-IR where the low emissivity of the telescopes boosts the raw sensitivity of the instruments, and the instruments take advantage of this by delivering diffraction-limited images with high strehl the majority of the time. The facility instruments MICHELLE and T-ReCS both provide sub-arcsecond imaging (<0.4" at 10 microns) through a suite of broad and narrowband filters as well as R=100 and 1000 spectroscopy at both 10 and 20 microns. MICHELLE also has a R 20000 echelle spectroscopy mode as well as a unique imaging polarimetry mode. The visiting instrument TEXES extends our spectroscopic capabilities to R 100000. Although mid-IR observing from the ground has always been a daunting task, Gemini has made strides in all fronts to integrate the mid-IR instruments into the overall observing queue. While there are remaining issues to deal with, both Gemini North and South are now routinely delivering high-quality mid-IR data to PI's within the partnership.
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