OSIRIS tunable imager and spectrograph for the GTC-instrument status

Jordi Cepa; Marta Aguiar-Gonzalez; Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn; Hector Castaneda; Francisco J. Cobos; Santiago Correa; Carlos Espejo; Ana Belen Fragoso-Lopez; F. Javier Fuentes; Jose Vicente Gigante; J. Jesus Gonzalez; Victor Gonzalez-Escalera; Jose Ignacio Gonzalez-Serrano; Enrique Joven-Alvarez; Jose-Carlos Lopez-Ruiz; Carmelo Militello; Lorenzo Peraza Cano; A. Perez; Jaime Perez; Jose Luis Rasilla; Beatriz Sanchez; Carlos Tejada

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7 March 2003 OSIRIS tunable imager and spectrograph for the GTC. Instrument status

Jordi Cepa, Marta Aguiar-Gonzalez, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Hector Castaneda, Francisco J. Cobos, Santiago Correa, Carlos Espejo, Ana Belen Fragoso-Lopez, F. Javier Fuentes, Jose Vicente Gigante, J. Jesus Gonzalez, Victor Gonzalez-Escalera, Jose Ignacio Gonzalez-Serrano, Enrique Joven-Alvarez, Jose-Carlos Lopez-Ruiz, Carmelo Militello, Lorenzo Peraza Cano, A. Perez, Jaime Perez, Jose Luis Rasilla, Beatriz Sanchez, Carlos Tejada

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Proceedings Volume 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460913
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

OSIRIS (Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy) is the optical Day One instrument for the 10.4m Spanish telescope GTC to be installed in the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos (La Palma, Spain). This instrument, operational in mid-2004, covers from 360 up to 1000 nm. OSIRIS observing modes include direct imaging with tunable and conventional filters, long slit and multiple object spectroscopy and fast spectrophotometry. The OSIRIS wide field of view, high efficiency and the new observing modes (tunable imaging and fast spectrophotometry) for 8-10m class telescopes will provide GTC with a powerful tool for their scientific exploitation. The present paper provides an updated overview of the instrument development, of some of the scientific projects that will be tackled with OSIRIS and of the general requirements driving the optical and mechanical design.

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Jordi Cepa, Marta Aguiar-Gonzalez, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Hector Castaneda, Francisco J. Cobos, Santiago Correa, Carlos Espejo, Ana Belen Fragoso-Lopez, F. Javier Fuentes, Jose Vicente Gigante, J. Jesus Gonzalez, Victor Gonzalez-Escalera, Jose Ignacio Gonzalez-Serrano, Enrique Joven-Alvarez, Jose-Carlos Lopez-Ruiz, Carmelo Militello, Lorenzo Peraza Cano, A. Perez, Jaime Perez, Jose Luis Rasilla, Beatriz Sanchez, and Carlos Tejada "OSIRIS tunable imager and spectrograph for the GTC. Instrument status", Proc. SPIE 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes, (7 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460913

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