Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
Aug 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000spie.4008....2m&link_type=abstract
Proc. SPIE Vol. 4008, p. 2-7, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye; Alan F. Moorwood; Eds.
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
2
Scientific paper
Current instrument sand future plans for new instrumentation for the Keck Observatory are reviewed. As is widely known, both 10-meter telescopes are in full operation and each has a significant complement of scientific instruments. Keck II has a working adaptive optics system and a similar module is under construction for Keck I in preparation for combining the beams in the Keck Interferometer. Recently, Keck II received two new instruments, ESI - which is a CCD-based faint-object spectrograph, and NIRSPEC, a cryogenic high- resolution near-IR spectrograph. The existing LRIS spectrograph is due to an upgrade to provide a blue- sensitive channel to complement the current red channel. DEIMOS, a multi-object spectrograph and NIRC2, a diffraction-limited IR camera are nearing completion. Future plans include detector upgrades, instruments for integral field and wide-field spectroscopy, interferometry and laser guide stars.
Chaffee Frederic H.
McLean Ian S.
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