Performance of the Visiting Instrument TEXES on Gemini North

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #154.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

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We report on the use of TEXES as a visiting instrument on Gemini North during 2006. TEXES is a high spectral resolution (3-5 km/s), mid-infrared (4.5 μm to 25 μm) instrument that has been used on the NASA IRTF 3m since 2000. The high spectral resolution makes TEXES well suited for studying the dynamics and composition of gaseous regions using molecular and ionic tracers (e.g. star forming regions or planetary and stellar atmospheres). Based on our results from an engineering run, a science verification run, and a full science campaign (17 nights), we will describe the system performance in anticipation of future availability of TEXES on Gemini. Observations with TEXES are supported by NSF grant AST-0607312. AK is supported by NSF grant AST-0307497.

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