ING Telescopes: Instrumentation Options 1999B

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.

The WHT instrument-news page replaces the Telescope News section that previously was found in the Spectrum journal.

Email links to the instrument specialists are given, please contact them directly if you require further information about any instrument.

This list is valid for Semester 1999B (1st August 1999 - 31st January 2000).

(Check notes at foot of tables)

SPECTROSCOPY

Wavelegth Range (Å) Dispersion (Å/mm) long-slit Detector multi-object or polarisation capability
4.2-m William HerschelTelescope




ISIS Spectrograph
( sjst@ing.iac.es )		 3000-10000Å 8-121 4' Red: Tek2
Blue: EEV12		 spectro and/or imaging polarimetry
UES Echelle Spectrograph (§)
( jht@ing.iac.es )		 3000-10000Å R=54,000
(= 5.4km/s)		 3''-5' 4k x 4k EEV42
or SITe1
LDSS 
( jht@ing.iac.es )		 3700-7500Å 100-470 11'.5 fov SITe1 multi-slit (aperture masks)
AUTOFIB2/WYFFOS
( dlp@ing.iac.es )		 3500-10000Å 900 upto 7000
in echelle mode		 2".7 fibres Tek6 Upto 120 objects
INTEGRAL/WYFFOS
( dlp@ing.iac.es )		 3500-10000Å 900-2200 0.45-2.70" fibres, upto 30" square fov Tek6 Area Spectroscopy/Imaging






2.5-m Isaac NewtonTelescope




IDS spectrograph
( sjst@ing.iac.es )		 3500-10500Å 7-271 4' EEV10
or Tek5
FOS-I spectrograph
( sjst@ing.iac.es )		 3500-10500Å 486 (1st order); 245 (2nd order) 25'' Loral
<§> Choice of de-rotators available for UES.


IMAGING

Detector Spectral Range scale
(""/mm)		 Field-of-View
4.2-m William HerschelTelescope



Prime Focus Mosaic CCD camera
( crb@ing.iac.es)		 4k x 4k EEV42 3300-9700Å 17".55 16'.2 x 16'.2
Aux Port Imager
( crb@ing.iac.es )		 TEK1 Fixed Harris UBVRI
filter set		 4".51 1'.8 x 1'.8
LDSS (imaging)
( jht@ing.iac.es )		 SITe1 3700-7500Å 24".6 11'.5 x 11'.5

full FOV
INGRID
( cp@ing.iac.es ) 		HgCdTl (1024x1024) 0.996-2.370um 13".5 4'.3 x 4'.3





2.5-m Isaac NewtonTelescope



(Wide Field Camera)
( naw@ing.iac.es )		 4 of 4k x 2k EEV Filters include
Sloan-Gunn,
Harris, Stromgren
narrow band		 24".7 33'.8 x 33'.8





1.0-m Jacobus KapteynTelescope



CCD Imager
( jht@ing.iac.es )		 TEK4 3300-9700Å 13".8 5'.6 x 5'.6
(or 10' x 10')


  1. TAURUS withdrawn for 99B to enable essential engineering to take place.
  2. INGRID to be offered on shared risk basis at WHT Cassegrain focus only.
  3. ELECTRA and ELECTRA/TEIFU are offered in Aug 99 only (after that, ELECTRA returns to Durham for integration of NAOMI). Contact Richard Myers (r.m.myers@durham.ac.uk) for details.
  4. AUTOFIB2 to be offered with small fibres in second half of 99B on shared risk basis following commissioning in same semester.
  5. AUX port imaging permanently available using Harris UBVRI filters only.
  6. UES offered with a choice of SITE or the 2xEEV mosaic and the long or short slit derotator only.
  7. MUSICOS decommissioned and no longer offered as common user instrument.
  8. FOS-I now fully supported for 1999B.
  9. Specifications and technical details of all CCD's current at the ING are given on the ING Detectors technical page.
  10. Full details of all ING filters are given in the Filter Home Page
  11. SIGNAL can be used to calculate exposure times for any telescope/instrument/detector combination.

  12. The initials for the instrument specialists are as follows:

    crb: Chris Benn
    cp: Chris Packham
    dlp: Don Pollacco
    sjst: Steve Smartt
    jht: John Telting
    naw: Nic Walton

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This page last updated: 17 February 1999

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