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NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) provides high resolution observations of the solar atmosphere through UV spectroscopy and imaging. Since the launch of IRIS in June 2013, we have conducted systematic observation campaigns…

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The 39-meter European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is expected to have very low throughput in the blue part of the visible spectrum. Because of that, a blue-optimised spectrograph at the 8-meter Very Large Telescope could potentially…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-09 Rodolfo Smiljanic

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for JWST is supplied with a suite of imaging bandpass filters optimized for full spectral coverage in eight intermediate-width bands from 5 to 26 microns and a narrower one at 11.3 microns. This contrasts…

The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a first light client science instrument for the TMT observatory that operates as a client of the NFIRAOS facility multi-conjugate adaptive optics system. This paper reports on the concept study…

Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) represents a powerful technique for the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets through high contrast imaging, since it allows to obtain simultaneously a large number of monochromatic images.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Jacopo Antichi , Kjetil Dohlen , Raffaele G. Gratton , Dino Mesa , Riccardo U. Claudi , Enrico Giro , Anthony Boccaletti , David Mouillet , Pascal Puget , Jean-Luc Beuzit

The upcoming Wide-Field Upgrade (WFU) has ushered in a new era of instrumentation for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET). Here, we present the design, construction progress, and lab tests completed to date of the blue-optimized second…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Taylor S. Chonis , Hanshin Lee , Gary J. Hill , Mark E. Cornell , Sarah E. Tuttle , Brian L. Vattiat

The ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) is an ongoing project to carry out public imaging surveys to support programs on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The first phase of the project started in July 1997 and consisted of a moderately deep,…

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) small explorer spacecraft provides simultaneous spectra and images of the photosphere, chromosphere, transition region, and corona with 0.33-0.4 arcsec spatial resolution, 2 s temporal…

RISTRETTO is a visible high-resolution spectrograph fed by an extreme adaptive optics (XAO) system, to be proposed as a visitor instrument on ESO VLT. The main science goal of RISTRETTO is the detection and atmospheric characterization of…

Observations of circumstellar environments to look for the direct signal of exoplanets and the scattered light from disks has significant instrumental implications. In the past 15 years, major developments in adaptive optics, coronagraphy,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-13 J. -L. Beuzit , A. Vigan , D. Mouillet , K. Dohlen , R. Gratton , A. Boccaletti , J. -F. Sauvage , H. M. Schmid , M. Langlois , C. Petit , A. Baruffolo , M. Feldt , J. Milli , Z. Wahhaj , L. Abe , U. Anselmi , J. Antichi , R. Barette , J. Baudrand , P. Baudoz , A. Bazzon , P. Bernardi , P. Blanchard , R. Brast , P. Bruno , T. Buey , M. Carbillet , M. Carle , E. Cascone , F. Chapron , G. Chauvin , J. Charton , R. Claudi , A. Costille , V. De Caprio , A. Delboulbé , S. Desidera , C. Dominik , M. Downing , O. Dupuis , C. Fabron , D. Fantinel , G. Farisato , P. Feautrier , E. Fedrigo , T. Fusco , P. Gigan , C. Ginski , J. Girard , E. Giro , D. Gisler , L. Gluck , C. Gry , T. Henning , N. Hubin , E. Hugot , S. Incorvaia , M. Jaquet , M. Kasper , E. Lagadec , A. -M. Lagrange , H. Le Coroller , D. Le Mignant , B. Le Ruyet , G. Lessio , J. -L. Lizon , M. Llored , L. Lundin , F. Madec , Y. Magnard , M. Marteaud , P. Martinez , D. Maurel , F. Ménard , D. Mesa , O. Möller-Nilsson , T. Moulin , C. Moutou , A. Origné , J. Parisot , A. Pavlov , D. Perret , J. Pragt , P. Puget , P. Rabou , J. Ramos , J. -M. Reess , F. Rigal , S. Rochat , R. Roelfsema , G. Rousset , A. Roux , M. Saisse , B. Salasnich , E. Santambrogio , S. Scuderi , D. Segransan , A. Sevin , R. Siebenmorgen , C. Soenke , E. Stadler , M. Suarez , D. Tiphène , M. Turatto , S. Udry , F. Vakili , L. B. F. M. Waters , L. Weber , F. Wildi , G. Zins , A. Zurlo