LIRIS: Long Slit Intermediate-Resolution InfraRed Spectrograph

First light (at ING): 15 February 2003.

Designed and built by: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is the main builder and designer. Other collaborating institutions are the UK Astronomy Technology Centre and the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes.

Description: LIRIS is a long-slit intermediate-resolution infrared spectrograph to be mounted on the Cassegrain focus of the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope (WHT).

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Time allocations:
Nights scheduled since semester 2007B

Instrument information: http://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/liris/index.html

More:

• J. Acosta-Pulido et al., 2002, "LIRIS: A Long-Slit Intermediate Resolution Infrared Spectrograph for the WHT", ING Newsl., 6, 22.
• J. Acosta-Pulido, 2003, "First Commissioning of the IR Spectrograph LIRIS", ING Newsl., 7, 15.