NSFCAM: a new infrared array camera for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

Mark A. Shure; Douglas W. Toomey; John T. Rayner; Peter M. Onaka; Anthony J. Denault

doi:10.1117/12.176769

1 June 1994 NSFCAM: a new infrared array camera for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

Mark A. Shure, Douglas W. Toomey, John T. Rayner, Peter M. Onaka, Anthony J. Denault

Proceedings Volume 2198, Instrumentation in Astronomy VIII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176769
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

We have just recently commissioned a new 1.0-5.5 micrometers IR array camera for the NASA IR Telescope Facility based upon the Santa Barbara Research Center 256x256 InSb array. The primary features of this new instrument are three user-selected platescales, a variety fo fixed bandpass filters, 1 to 2% spectral resolution circular variable filters, coronagraph masks, polarization imaging capability, an optical guider/imager, and a grism. In this paper we briefly outline the design and performance of the camera system, describe some unique operating modes, and show some recent images.

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Mark A. Shure, Douglas W. Toomey, John T. Rayner, Peter M. Onaka, and Anthony J. Denault "NSFCAM: a new infrared array camera for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility", Proc. SPIE 2198, Instrumentation in Astronomy VIII, (1 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176769

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