This page gives an overview of the telescopes and instrumentation options available at the ING telescopes.
This information is revised twice yearly to reflect options available for the current and next semsters.
The A semester (closing date for applications is the previous September 30th) is for observations in the period 1st February to 31st July. The B semester (closing date for applications is the previous March 31st ) covers the observational period 1st August to 31st January.
Full information on all the listed instruments, including the general ING Observers Guide, is indexed on the ING Manuals Home Page. Information on older instruments can still be found on-line in the 'retired instruments' section of the ING Manuals Home Page.
This list is current for 1997B (1st August 1997-31st Jan 1998).
| SPECTROSCOPY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavelegth Range (Å) | Dispersion (Å/mm) | long-slit | multi-object or polarisation capability | |
| 4.2-m William HerschelTelescope | ||||
| ISIS Spectrograph | 3000-10000 | 8-121 | 4' | spectro and/or imaging polarimetry |
| UES Echelle Spectrograph | 3000-10000 | R=54,000 (= 5.4km/s) |
3''-5' | spectropolarimetry (comm. late 1997) |
| FOS-II | 3500-9700Å | 400 (1st order), 200(2nd order) | 20'' | |
| LDSS | 3700-7500Å | 100-470 | 11'.5 fov | multi-slit (aperture masks) |
| TAURUS (FP spectrograph) | TAURUS filters | R=10000 (125um etalon), R=40000 (500um etalon) | upto 9' fov | |
| WYFFOS (Fibre fed spectrograph) | 31-480 | upto 120 2".7 fibres | further commissioning in April '97 | |
| 2.5-m Isaac NewtonTelescope | ||||
| IDS spectrograph | 3500-10500Å | 7-271 | 4' | |
| FOS-I spectrograph | 3500-10500Å | 486 (1st order); 245 (2nd order) | 25'' | available late 1997 (new CCD) |
| MUSICOS fibre
fed Echelle Spectrograph |
3500-10000Å | R=40000 | 1.5'' fibre feed | |
| 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope | ||||
| RBS Spectrograph | 3000-10000Å | 19-160 | ||
| IMAGING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detector | Spectral Range | scale (""/mm) |
Field-of-View | |
| 4.2-m William HerschelTelescope | ||||
| Prime Focus CCD camera | TEK | 3300-9700Å | 17".55 | 7'.2 x 7'.2 |
| Aux Port Imager | TEK or EEV | 3300-9700Å | 4".51 | 1'.8 x 1'.8 |
| LDSS (imaging) | TEK | 3700-7500Å | 24".6 | 10'.1 x 10'.1 |
| WHIRCAM (IR) (Back soon!) | InSb (256x256) | 1-2.5um | 8".97 | 68'' x 68 '' |
| 2.5-m Isaac NewtonTelescope | ||||
| WFC (Wide Field Camera) | 4 of 2k x 2k Loral (15um pix) | UBVRIZ, [OIII], Halpha filters | 24".7 | 25'.6 x 25'.6 |
| 1.0-m Jacobus KapteynTelescope | ||||
| CCD Imager | TEK | 3300-9700Å | 13".8 | 5'.6 x 5'.6 |
The main detector in use at the ING at present is the 1024 x 1024
Tektronix thinned CCD - with 24 micron pixels. Specifications and
technical details of all CCD's currently available at the ING are
given on the ING
CCD technical page.
The Loral CCD we had is currently undergoing more tests, but a further Loral CCD will be arriving soon (May '97). Towards the end of '97 we hope to be getting some on the new format EEVs (2kx4k). In the meantime we are buying some 'off-the-shelf' 2kx2k (thinned) TEK CCDs, which will have the same response as the 1kx1k TEKs.
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