FRIDA, the diffraction limited NIR imager and IFS for the Gran Telescopio Canarias: status report

J. A. López; J. Acosta; L. C. Alvarez; V. Bringas; N. Cardiel; D. M. Clark; A. Corrales; S. Cuevas; O. Chapa; J. J. Díaz Garcia; S. S. Eikenberry; C. Eliche; C. Espejo; R. Flores; J. Fuentes; J. Gallego; J. Garcés; F. Garzón; P. Hammersley; C. Keiman; G. Lara; P. López; D. Lucero; H. Moreno; S. Pascual; J. Patrón; A. Prieto; A. Rodríguez; B. Rodríguez; B. Sánchez; D. Torres; J. Uribe; A. Watson

doi:10.1117/12.2057236

8 July 2014 FRIDA, the diffraction limited NIR imager and IFS for the Gran Telescopio Canarias: status report

J. A. López, J. Acosta, L. C. Alvarez, V. Bringas, N. Cardiel, D. M. Clark, A. Corrales, S. Cuevas, O. Chapa, J. J. Díaz Garcia, S. S. Eikenberry, C. Eliche, C. Espejo, R. Flores, J. Fuentes, J. Gallego, J. Garcés, F. Garzón, P. Hammersley, C. Keiman, G. Lara, P. López, D. Lucero, H. Moreno, S. Pascual, J. Patrón, A. Prieto, A. Rodríguez, B. Rodríguez, B. Sánchez, D. Torres, J. Uribe, A. Watson

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Proceedings Volume 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V; 91471P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057236
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

FRIDA is a diffraction limited imager and integral field spectrometer that is being built for the Gran Telescopio Canarias. FRIDA has been designed and is being built as a collaborative project between institutions from México, Spain and the USA. In imaging mode FRIDA will provide scales of 0.010, 0.020 and 0.040 arcsec/pixel and in IFS mode spectral resolutions R ~ 1000, 4,500 and 30,000. FRIDA is starting systems integration and is scheduled to complete fully integrated system tests at the laboratory by the end of 2015 and be delivered to GTC shortly after. In this contribution we present a summary of its design, fabrication, current status and potential scientific applications.

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J. A. López, J. Acosta, L. C. Alvarez, V. Bringas, N. Cardiel, D. M. Clark, A. Corrales, S. Cuevas, O. Chapa, J. J. Díaz Garcia, S. S. Eikenberry, C. Eliche, C. Espejo, R. Flores, J. Fuentes, J. Gallego, J. Garcés, F. Garzón, P. Hammersley, C. Keiman, G. Lara, P. López, D. Lucero, H. Moreno, S. Pascual, J. Patrón, A. Prieto, A. Rodríguez, B. Rodríguez, B. Sánchez, D. Torres, J. Uribe, and A. Watson "FRIDA, the diffraction limited NIR imager and IFS for the Gran Telescopio Canarias: status report", Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91471P (8 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057236

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