CONICA: The high resolution near-infrared camera for the ESO VLT

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Jul 1998

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NICMOS and the VLT: A New Era of High Resolution Near Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy, Pula, Sardinia, Italy, June 26-27th 199

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The high resolution near infrared camera (CONICA) for the first VLT unit telescope is under development. It serves as a multi-mode instrument for the wavelength region between 1.0 and 5.0 microns, providing diffraction-limited spatial resolution when combined with the adaptive optic system NAOS of the VLT (Rosset et al . 1998). CONICA offers broad band, narrow band and Fabry-Perot direct imaging capabilities, polarimetric modes using Wollaston prisms or wire-grid analyzers, as well as long-slit spectroscopy up to a spectral resolution of R ~ 2400 per pixel. This paper describes the design and status of CONICA, focusing on the cryo-mechanics and optical performance and the resulting observational capabilities.

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