학술논문
MMT and Magellan Infrared Spectrograph
Document Type
Article
Author
McLeod, Brian; Fabricant, Daniel; Nystrom, George; McCracken, Ken; Amato, Stephen; Bergner, Henry; Brown, Warren; Burke, Michael; Chilingarian, Igor; Conroy, Maureen; Curley, Dylan; Furesz, Gabor; Geary, John; Hertz, Edward; Holwell, Justin; Matthews, Anne; Norton, Tim; Park, Sang; Roll, John; Zajac, Joseph; Epps, Harland; Martini, Paul
Source
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; December 2012, Vol. 124 Issue: 922 p1318-1335, 18p
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ISSN
00046280; 15383873
Abstract
The MMT and Magellan infrared spectrograph (MMIRS) is a cryogenic multiple-slit spectrograph operating in the wavelength range 0.9-2.4 ?m. The refractive optics of MMIRS offer a 6'.9 × 6'.9 field of view for imaging with a spatial resolution of 0.2 arcsec pixel-1on a HAWAII-2 array. For spectroscopy, MMIRS can be used with long slits up to 6'.9 long, or with custom slit masks having slitlets distributed over a 4'× 6'.9 area. A range of dispersers offer spectral resolutions of 800-3000. MMIRS is designed to be used at the f/5 foci of the MMT or Magellan Clay 6.5 m telescopes. MMIRS was commissioned in 2009 at the MMT and has been in routine operation at the Magellan Clay Telescope since 2010. MMIRS is being used for a wide range of scientific investigations from exoplanet atmospheres to Ly? emitters.