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TIRCAM2: The TIFR Near Infrared Imaging Camera

TIRCAM2 (TIFR Near Infrared Imaging Camera - II) is a closed cycle cooled imager that has been developed by the Infrared Astronomy Group at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research for observations in the near infrared band of 1 to 3.7…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-26 M. B. Naik , D. K. Ojha , S. K. Ghosh , S. S. Poojary , R. B. Jadhav , G. S. Meshram , P. R. Sandimani , S. B. Bhagat , S. L. A. D'Costa , S. M. Gharat , C. B. Bakalkar , J. P. Ninan , J. S. Joshi

TIRCAM2 Camera Interface on the Side port of the 3.6 meter Devasthal Optical Telescope

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Shailesh B. Bhagat , Milind B. Naik , Satheesha S. Poojary , Harshit Shah , Rajesh B. Jadhav , Balu G. Bagade , Savio L. D'Costa , B. Krishna Reddy , Nadish Nanjappa , Tarun Bangia , Devendra K. Ojha , Saurabh Sharma , Koshvendra Singh

TANSPEC: TIFR-ARIES Near Infrared Spectrometer

We present the design and performance of the TANSPEC, a medium-resolution $0.55-2.5~\mu$m cryogenic spectrometer and imager, now in operation at the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT), Nainital, India. The TANSPEC provides three modes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Saurabh Sharma , Devendra K. Ojha , Arpan Ghosh , Joe P. Ninan , Supriyo Ghosh , Swarna K. Ghosh , P. Manoj , Milind B. Naik , Savio L. A. D'Costa , B. Krishna Reddy , Nandish Nanjappa , Rakesh Pandey , Tirthendu Sinha , Neelam Panwar , Susmitha Antony , Harmeen Kaur , Sanjit Sahu , Tarun Bangia , Satheesha S. Poojary , Rajesh B. Jadhav , Shailesh B. Bhagat , Ganesh S. Meshram , Harshit Shah , John T. Rayner , Douglas W. Toomey , Pradeep R. Sandimani

TIRCAM2 Fast Sub-array Readout Mode for Lunar Occultation studies

The TIFR Near Infrared Imaging Camera-II (TIRCAM2) is being used at the Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) operated by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. In addition to the normal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 Milind B. Naik , Devendra K. Ojha , Saurabh Sharma , Shailesh B. Bhagat , Savio L. D'Costa , Arpan Ghosh , Koshvendra Singh

First Lunar Occultation Results with the TIRCAM2 Near-Infrared Imager at the Devasthal 3.6-m Telescope

TIRCAM2 is the facility near-infrared Imager at the Devasthal 3.6-m telescope in northern India, equipped with an Aladdin III InSb array detector. We have pioneered the use of TIRCAM2 for very fast photometry, with the aim of recording…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-04 Saurabh Sharma , Andrea Richichi , Devendra K. Ojha , Brajesh Kumar , Milind Naik , Jeewan Rawat , Darshan S. Bora , Kuldeep Belwal , Prakash Dhami , Mohit Bisht

Observations with the 3.6 meter Devasthal Optical Telescope

The 3.6 meter Indo-Belgian Devasthal optical telescope (DOT) has been used for optical and near-infrared (NIR) observations of celestial objects. The telescope has detected stars of B = 24.5+-0.2; R = 24.6+-0.12 and g = 25.2+-0.2 mag in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-17 Ram Sagar , Brijesh Kumar , Saurabh Sharma

First-light images from low dispersion spectrograph-cum-imager on 3.6-meter Devasthal Optical Telescope

A low dispersion spectrograph-cum-imager has been developed and assembled in ARIES, Nainital. The optical design of the spectrograph consists of a collimator and a focal reducer converting the f/9 beam from the 3.6-m Devasthal optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 Amitesh Omar , T. S. Kumar , B. Krishna Reddy , Jayshreekar Pant , Manoj Mahto

TIRSPEC : TIFR Near Infrared Spectrometer and Imager

We describe the TIFR Near Infrared Spectrometer and Imager (TIRSPEC) designed and built in collaboration with M/s. Mauna Kea Infrared LLC, Hawaii, USA, now in operation on the side port of the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT), Hanle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-19 J. P. Ninan , D. K. Ojha , S. K. Ghosh , S. L. A. D'Costa , M. B. Naik , S. S. Poojary , P. R. Sandimani , G. S. Meshram , R. B. Jadhav , S. B. Bhagat , S. M. Gharat , C. B. Bakalkar , T. P. Prabhu , G. C. Anupama , D. W. Toomey

Background-Limited Imaging in the Near-Infrared with Warm InGaAs Sensors: Applications for Time-Domain Astronomy

We describe test observations made with a customized 640 x 512 pixel Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) prototype astronomical camera on the 100" DuPont telescope. This is the first test of InGaAs as a cost-effective alternative to HgCdTe for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Robert A. Simcoe , Gabor Furesz , Peter W. Sullivan , Tim Hellickson , Andrew Malonis , Mansi M. Kasliwal , Stephen A. Shectman , Juna A. Kollmeier , Anna Moore

Scientific potential of the Indo-Belgian 3.6-m DOT in the field of Galactic Astronomy

India and Belgium have jointly established two 4 meter class optical telescopes at Devasthal located in Nainital, India. After successful installation of the 3.6-m modern new technology Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) in 2015, it was…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-02 Ram Sagar , Brijesh Kumar , Annapurni Subramaniam

New optical telescope projects at Devasthal Observatory

Devasthal, located in the Kumaun region of Himalayas is emerging as one of the best optical astronomy site in the continent. The minimum recorded ground level atmospheric seeing at the site is 0.6 arcsec with median value at 1.1 arcsec.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-10 Ram Sagar , Brijesh Kumar , Amitesh Omar , A. K. Pandey

Night Vision for Small Telescopes

We explore the feasibility of using current generation, off-the-shelf, indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) near-infrared (NIR) detectors for astronomical observations. Light-weight InGaAs cameras, developed for the night vision industry and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-16 Robert Strausbaugh , Rebecca Jackson , Nat Butler

Precision of a Low-Cost InGaAs Detector for Near Infrared Photometry

We have designed, constructed, and tested an InGaAs near-infrared camera to explore whether low-cost detectors can make small (<1 m) telescopes capable of precise (<1 mmag) infrared photometry of relatively bright targets. The camera is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Peter W. Sullivan , Bryce Croll , Robert A. Simcoe

The NIKA2 large field-of-view millimeter continuum camera for the 30-m IRAM telescope

Millimeter-wave continuum astronomy is today an indispensable tool for both general Astrophysics studies and Cosmology. General purpose, large field-of-view instruments are needed to map the sky at intermediate angular scales not accessible…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 Remi Adam , Amar Adane , P. A. R. Ade , Philippe André , Aina Andrianasolo , Herve Aussel , Alexandre Beelen , Alain Benoit , Aurelien Bideaud , Nicolas Billot , Olivier Bourrion , Andrea Bracco , Martino Calvo , Andrea Catalano , Gregoire Coiffard , Barbara Comis , Marco De Petris , François-Xavier Désert , Simon Doyle , E. F. C. Driessen , Ruth Evans , Johannes Goupy , Carsten Kramer , Guilaine Lagache , Samuel Leclercq , Jean-Paul Leggeri , Jean-François Lestrade , Juan-Francisco Macias-Perez , Philip Mauskopf , Frederic Mayet , Anaelle Maury , Alessandro Monfardini , Santiago Navarro , Enzo Pascale , Laurence Perotto , Giampaolo Pisano , Nicolas Ponthieu , Vincent Reveret , Andrew Rigby , Alessia Ritacco , Charles Romero , Helene Roussel , Florian Ruppin , Karl Schuster , Albrecht Sievers , Sebastien Triqueneaux , Carole Tucker , Robert Zylka

Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength range. In this reference article we illuminate the…

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Borsato , L. Caillat , F. Cogato , C. Colodro-Conde , P. -E. Crouzet , V. Conforti , M. D'Alessandro , Y. Copin , J. -C. Cuillandre , J. E. Davies , S. Davini , A. Derosa , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , D. Di Ferdinando , R. Farinelli , A. G. Ferrari , F. Fornari , L. Gabarra , C. M. Gutierrez , F. Giacomini , P. Lagier , F. Gianotti , O. Krause , F. Madrid , F. Laudisio , J. Macias-Perez , G. Naletto , M. Niclas , J. Marpaud , N. Mauri , R. da Silva , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , I. Risso , B. G. B. Solheim , M. Scodeggio , P. Stassi , J. Steinwagner , M. Tenti , G. Testera , R. Travaglini , S. Tosi , A. Troja , O. Tubio , C. Valieri , C. Vescovi , S. Ventura , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , J. Amiaux , S. Andreon , H. Aussel , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , P. -Y. Chabaud , A. Cimatti , G. 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The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Instrument Overview

IRIS is a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 microns) integral field spectrograph and wide-field imager being developed for first light with the Thirty Meter (TMT). It mounts to the advanced optics (AO) system NFIRAOS and has integrated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 James E. Larkin , Anna M. Moore , Shelley A. Wright , James E. Wincentsen , David Anderson , Eric M. Chisholm , Richard G. Dekany , Jennifer S. Dunn , Brent L. Ellerbroek , Yutaka Hayano , Andrew C. Phillips , Luc Simard , Roger Smith , Ryuji Suzuki , Robert W. Weber , Jason L. Weiss , Kai Zhang

The 3.6 meter Devasthal Optical Telescope: From inception to realisation

India's largest size 3.6 meter Devashal optical telescope (DOT) was commissioned in the year 2016, though the idea of building it germinated way back in the year 1976. This article provides research accounts as well as glimpses of its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-05 Ram Sagar , Brijesh Kumar , Amitesh Omar

Electronics design and development of Near-Infrared Imager, Spectrometer and Polarimeter

NISP, a multifaceted near-infrared instrument for the upcoming 2.5m IR telescope at MIRO Gurushikhar, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India is being developed at PRL, Ahmedabad. NISP will have wide (FOV = 10' x 10') field imaging, moderate (R=3000)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-17 Deekshya Roy Sarkar , Amish B. Shah , Alka Singh , Pitamber Singh Patwal , Prashanth Kumar Kasarla , Archita Rai , Prachi Vinod Prajapati , Hitesh Kumar L. Adalja , Satya N. Mathur , Sachindra Naik , Shashikiran Ganesh , Kiran S. Baliyan

ESO Imaging Survey. AXAF Field: Deep Optical-Infrared Observations, Data Reduction and Photometry

This paper presents ground-based data obtained from deep optical and infrared observations carried out at the ESO 3.5 New Technology Telescope (NTT) of a field selected for its low HI content for deep observations with AXAF. These data were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Rengelink , M. Nonino , L. da Costa , S. Zaggia , T. Erben , C. Benoist , A. Wicenec , M. Scodeggio , L. F. Olsen , D. Guarnieri , E. Deul , R. Hook , A. Moorwood , R. Slijkhuis

The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Instrument Overview

We present an overview of the design of IRIS, an infrared (0.84 - 2.4 micron) integral field spectrograph and imaging camera for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). With extremely low wavefront error (<30 nm) and on-board wavefront sensors,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Anna M. Moore , James E. Larkin , Shelley A. Wright , Brian Bauman , Jennifer Dunn , Brent Ellerbroek , Andrew C. Phillips , Luc Simard , Ryuji Suzuki , Kai Zhang , Ted Aliado , George Brims , John Canfield , Shaojie Chen , Richard Dekany , Alex Delacroix , Tuan Do , Glen Herriot , Bungo Ikenoue , Chris Johnson , Elliot Meyer , Yoshiyuki Obuchi , John Pazder , Vladimir Reshetov , Reed Riddle , Sakae Saito , Roger Smith , Ji Man Sohn , Fumihiro Uraguchi , Tomonori Usuda , Eric Wang , Lianqi Wang , Jason Weiss , Robert Wooff