The TIFR Near Infrared Imaging Camera-II (TIRCAM2) is being used at the 3.6 m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) operated by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. Earlier, the TIRCAM2 was used at the main port of the DOT on time shared basis. It has now been installed at the side port of the telescope. Side port installation allows near simultaneous observations with the main port instrument as well as longer operating periods. Thus, the TIRCAM2 serves the astronomical community for a variety of observations ranging from lunar occultations, transient events and normal scheduled observations.
@article{arxiv.2304.00243,
title = {TIRCAM2 Camera Interface on the Side port of the 3.6 meter Devasthal Optical Telescope},
author = {Shailesh B. Bhagat and Milind B. Naik and Satheesha S. Poojary and Harshit Shah and Rajesh B. Jadhav and Balu G. Bagade and Savio L. D'Costa and B. Krishna Reddy and Nadish Nanjappa and Tarun Bangia and Devendra K. Ojha and Saurabh Sharma and Koshvendra Singh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.00243},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy