ISAAC: a 1- to 5-um imager/spectrometer for the VLT

Alan F. M. Moorwood

doi:10.1117/12.269002

21 March 1997 ISAAC: a 1- to 5-um imager/spectrometer for the VLT

Alan F. M. Moorwood

Proceedings Volume 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269002
Event: Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, 1996, Landskrona/Hven, Sweden

Abstract

ISAAC is a 1 - 5 micrometer imager/spectrometer currently under construction at ESO and scheduled for installation at one of the Nasmyth foci of the first 8 m unit telescopes of the VLT in 1998. It comprises two cameras, optimized for the 1 - 2.5 micrometer and 2 - 5 micrometer wavelength ranges, which can be used to directly view the telescope focal plane or the intermediate spectrum formed by a grating spectrometer. The complete instrument is cryogenically cooled by means of a continuous flow liquid nitrogen circuit and two closed cycle coolers and is housed in an approximately 1.5 m diameter vacuum tank permanently attached to the Nasmyth adapter/rotator. The observing modes, instrument design, construction status and performance estimated using a recently developed software simulator of the instrument are described.

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Alan F. M. Moorwood "ISAAC: a 1- to 5-um imager/spectrometer for the VLT", Proc. SPIE 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, (21 March 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269002

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