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Caption: Cassegrain cluster of instruments. From top to bottom: the Acquisition and Guiding Unit, and ISIS and FOS-2 spectrographs. ISIS is the big white box and FOS-2 is the lower end. More information: ISIS home page.
Credit: Paul Langford
Date: 1997
Available formats: JPEG (201K) | TIFF (844K)
Caption: TAURUS-2 (white box at the bottom). More information: TAURUS 2 home page
Credit: ING.
Date: 1995
Available formats: JPEG (132 K) | TIFF (632 K)
Caption: The 2 CCDs of the Prime Focus Mosaic Camera.
Credit: Simon Tulloch
Date: 1999
Available formats: JPEG (205 K) | TIFF (740 K)
Caption: Another view of the 2 CCDs which are part of the Prime Focus Mosaic Camera.
Credit: Simon Tulloch.
Date: 1999
Available formats: JPEG (210 K) | TIFF (710 K)
Caption: ISIS off the telescope.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 2000
Available formats: JPEG (115 K) | TIFF (4,360 K)
Caption: ISIS off the telescope.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 2000
Available formats: JPEG (110 K) | TIFF (4,360 K)
Caption: SAURON integral microlens spectrograph (in the middle) and INGRID infrared camera (at the top right).
Credit: Rainer Girnstein.
Date: 2000.
Available formats: JPEG (328 K) | TIFF (12,283 K)
Caption: A 3-D transparent model of INGRID showing in red the light beam from the telescope focusing on the infrared detector.
Credit: Paul Jolley (ING).
Date: 2000.
Available formats: JPEG (87 K) | TIFF (1,684 K)
Caption: Acquisition, calibration and guiding structure of INTEGRAL.
Credit: INTEGRAL team.
Date: 1997.
Available formats: JPEG (112 K) | TIFF (10,756 K)
Caption: Utrech Echelle Spectrograph (UES). More information: UES PR home page.
Credit: B. W. Hadley.
Date: 1994.
Available formats: JPEG (87 K) | TIFF (8,492 K)
Caption: SAURON spectrograph.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 1999.
Available formats: JPEG (244 K) | TIFF (8,253 K)
Caption: Foreground: Ground-based High Resolution Imaging Laboratory (GHRIL).
Credit: Paul Langford.
Date: 1997.
Available formats: JPEG (132 K) | TIFF (9,145 K)
Caption: Prime Focus Camera.
Credit: Nik Szymanek.
Date: July 2001.
Available formats: JPEG (143 K) | TIFF (10,792 K)
Caption: Planetary Nebula Spectrograph.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: July 2001.
Available formats: JPEG (206 K) TIFF (8,297 K)
Caption: The Planetary Nebula Spectrograph on the Cassegrain focus.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: July 2001.
Available formats: JPEG (165 K) | TIFF (10,299 K)
Caption: Autofib-2 (AF2) at WHT Prime focus.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: October 2001.
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Caption: PNS Spectrograph.
Credit: Richard A. Hijmering.
Date: 2002.
Available formats: JPEG (517 K)
Caption: UltraCAM.
Credit: Nik Szymanek.
Date: September 2002.
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Caption: Inside GHRIL nasmyth laboratory. In the background WYFFOS.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: September 2003.
Available formats: JPEG (784 K)
Caption: Planetary Nebula Spectrograph (PN.S)
Credit: PN.S Consortium.
Date: 2001.
Available formats: JPEG (150 K) | TIFF (3,854 K)
Caption: NAOMI in GHRIL, with INGRID in the foreground.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 2001.
Available formats: JPEG (178 K) | TIFF (14,062 K)
Caption: ISIS and FOS-2 spectrographs.
Credit:  B. W. Hadley.
Date: 1994.
Available formats:  JPEG (185 K) | TIFF (7,111 K)
Caption: Cassegrain cluster of instruments. In the foreground ISIS and FOS-2 spectrographs.
Credit: B. W. Hadley.
Date: 1994.
Available formats: JPEG (158 K) | TIFF (8,211 K)
Caption: Ground-based High Resolution Imaging Laboratory (GHRIL).
Credit: B. W. Hadley.
Date: 1994.
Available formats: JPEG (106 K) | TIFF (7,782 K)
Caption: CIRSI infrared camera mounted on the WHT Prime Focus.
Credit:  CIRSI team.
Date: 1998.
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Caption: FOS-2 Spectrograph.
Credit: Nik Szymanek.
Date: July 2001.
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Caption: FOS-2 Spectrograph.
Credit: Nik Szymanek.
Date: July 2001.
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Caption: Ultracam at WHT Cassegrain focus.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: May 2003.
Available formats: JPEG (241 K) | TIFF (19,576 K)
Caption: LIRIS.
Credit: IAC.
Date: February 2003.
Available formats: JPEG (157 K) | TIFF (16,905 K)
Caption: OSCA at GRACE.
Credit: Sebastian Els (ING).
Date: May 2002.
Available formats: JPEG (226 K) | TIFF (117,671 K)
Caption: Rayleigh laser set up on WHT prime focus unit.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: April 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (73 K) | TIFF (7,880 K)
Caption: Mosaic CCD Camera II (MCCDII) or NAOJ Camera. Forty CCDs are seen aligned in a 5×8 array.
Credit: MCCDII Team.
Date: 1997.
Available formats: JPEG (190 K) | TIFF (1834 K)
Caption: Inside GRACE during its inauguration.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: May 2003.
Available formats: JPEG (144 K) | TIFF (32,173 K)
Caption: OASIS joins NAOMI in WHT´s AO-dedicated enclosure GRACE. INGRID is visible in the foreground on the right.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 2003.
Available formats: JPEG (153 K) | TIFF (37,313 K)
Caption: Rayleigh laser test on the William Herschel Telescope.
Credit: LGS Team.
Date: 2003.
Available formats: JPEG (173 K) | TIFF (6791 K)
Caption: L3 CCD from E2V.
Credit: Simon Tulloch.
Date: 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (158 K) | TIFF (3719 K)
Caption: SCAM-3 in GHRIL.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 6 July 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (269 K) | TIFF (8,421 K)
Caption: SCAM-3 control systems in WHT´s control room.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 6 July 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (95 K) | TIFF (6,187 K)
Caption: New WYFFOS Long Camera in GHRIL.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 26 July 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (120 K) | TIFF (7723 K)
Caption: Laser test on the WHT as part of a preparatory study for future permanent installation.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 5 April 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (544 K) | TIFF (3816 K)
Caption: Laser test on the WHT as part of a preparatory study for future permanent installation.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 5 April 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (164 K) | TIFF (12,876 K)
Caption: CIRPASS on the WHT.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 20 October 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (306 K) | TIFF (4102 K)
Caption: CIRPASS on the WHT.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 20 October 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (463 K) | TIFF (5156 K)
Caption: CIRPASS on the WHT.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 20 October 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (300 K) | TIFF (7159 K)
Caption: PlanetPol on the WHT.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: April 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (203 K) | TIFF (5337 K)
Caption: PlanetPol.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: April 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (696 K) | TIFF (1425 K)
Caption: The new WYFFOS long camera.
Credit: Gordon Talbot.
Date: 2004.
Available formats: JPEG (87 K) | TIFF (1.7 M)
Caption: Two general-purpose L3CCD heads.
Credit: Simon Tulloch.
Date: 2006.
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Caption: GHaFaS at GHRIL on the WHT and some members of the first light team.
Credit: GHaFaS team.
Date: 2007.
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Caption: Fastcam set up at GHRIL on the WHT.
Credit: Fastcam team.
Date: 2007.
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Caption: ExPo at GHRIL on the WHT.
Credit: ExPo team.
Date: 2008.
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Caption: GLAS laser in operation.
Credit: Tibor Agocs.
Date: 2007.
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Caption: SPIFS in GHRIL.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 2010.
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Caption: CANARY in GHRIL.
Credit: CANARY team.
Date: 2011.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption: CANARY laser in operation.
Credit: Sheila Crosby http://starisland.co.uk.
Date: 2012.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption: CANARY laser in operation.
Credit: Ryan Brothwell (QUB).
Date: 2013.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption: First light of AOLI at GHRIL.
Credit: Javier Méndez (ING).
Date: 24 September, 2013.
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Caption: ACAM on the WHT.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: 2009.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption: PAUCam on the WHT.
Credit: PAUCam team.
Date: 2015.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption: IquEyE.
Credit: Juerg Rey.
Date: 2015.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption: IquEyE.
Credit: Juerg Rey.
Date: 2015.
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Caption: DIPOL-2.
Credit: Juerg Rey.
Date: 2015.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption: CANARY laser.
Credit: Tunc Tezel.
Date: 2015 Oct 6.
Available formats: TWAN web site
Caption: LEXI in GRACE and team members.
Credit: Javier Méndez.
Date: December 2017.
Available formats: PNG
Caption: HiPERCAM.
Credit: HiPERCAM team.
Date: October 2017.
Available formats: JPEG
Caption:ESO Wendelstein Laser Guide Star Unit placed 40 metres from the WHT.
Credit: Obs.de Paris/Lisa Bardou, PhD student.
Date: 2017.
Available formats: JPEG

 


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