Atlantis |
type | lenses |
telescope | GranTeCan 10m |
wv range | 1-2.4 micron |
lens scale | 0.25", 0.1", 0.07", 0.03" |
number of lenses | 1024 |
field of view | 8"x8", 3.2"x3.2", 2.4"x2.4", ~1"x1" |
spectral resolution | 2000, 5000 |
detector | maybe HAWAII |
sensitivity | |
web pages | IAC |
papers | |
status | can't find whether it's approved or not |
people | Almudena Prieto (PI) |
software | |
CIRPASS |
type | lenses |
telescope | Gemini North |
wv range | 0.85-1.8 micron |
lens scale | 0.36", 0.25", 0.12", 0.05" |
number of lenses | 499 |
field of view | (all "x") 13.3x4.1, 9.3x2.9, 4.4x1.4, 1.9x0.6 |
spectral resolution | 3000 at 1.35 micron |
detector | HAWAII 2k square |
sensitivity | S/N=5 for J~21.5 in 10800 s |
web pages | Cambridge |
papers | |
status | shipping early 2001 |
people | IoA, Cambridge |
software | package in early development |
GOHSS |
type | lenses |
telescope | Galileo |
wv range | 0.8-1.8 micron |
lens scale | |
number of lenses | |
field of view | |
spectral resolution | 3000 |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | TWG, Observatory of Capodimente, Naples |
papers | |
status | |
people | Naples |
software | |
GNIRS |
type | slicer |
telescope | Gemini |
wv range | 0.9-2.5, 2.9-5.5 micron |
slit width | |
field of view | |
spectral resolution | 600, 1800, 5400, 6000, 18000 |
detector | 1Kx1K InSb (ALADDIN) |
sensitivity | |
web pages | Gemini pages |
papers | |
status | Oct-Dec 2002 (for GNIRS but IFU is an upgrade.......) |
people | NOAO |
MPE-3D |
type | slicer |
telescope | AAT (3.9m) |
wv range | (all micron) 1.48-1.78 (Hlow), 1.55-1.75 (Hhigh), 1.94-2.41 (K), 1.95-2.18 (Kshort), 2.17-2.43 (Klong) |
slit width | uses grisms |
field of view | ~6"x6" (depends on telescope) |
spectral resolution | 1250 (Hlow), 2100 (Hhigh), 1100 (K), 2100 (Kshort), 2100 (Klong) |
detector | 256x256 NICMOS-3 Rockwell |
sensitivity | H=17.5, K=17 in 9400 s if 1" seeing and 0.4" pixels |
web pages | MPE |
papers | |
status | commissioned |
people | |
NIFS |
type | slicer |
telescope | Gemini (+A/O) |
wv range | 1-2.5 micron |
slit width | 0.1" |
field of view | 3.2"x3.2" |
spectral resolution | 5400 |
detector | HAWAII 2K |
sensitivity | |
web pages | ANU |
papers | |
status | commissioning August 2002 |
people | ANU, U of Hawaii, Gemini |
NIRMOS |
type | lenses |
telescope | VLT - UT4 |
wv range | 1-1.8 micron |
lens scale | |
number of lenses | 1600 |
field of view | 28"x28", 14"x14" |
spectral resolution | 2500 |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | Marseille |
papers | |
status | due 2002 |
people | Olivier Le Fevre (PI) P Vettolani (Co-PI), Paris, Marseille, OHP, Toulouse, Bologna, Milan, Naples, ESO |
software | |
PIFS |
type | slicer |
telescope | Palomar 200 inch |
wv range | 1-2.5 micron, 1-5 micron |
slit width | 0.67" |
field of view | 5.5"x9.5" |
spectral resolution | 600,1300 |
detector | 256x256 |
sensitivity | K=18, 5sigma in 1 hour (high resolution) |
web pages | Caltech |
papers | Murphy et al., PASP, 111, 1176, 1999 |
status | first use Sep 1998 |
people | Tom Murphy, Caltech |
SINFONI |
type | slicer |
telescope | VLT UT3 (with SPIFFI spectrograph) |
wv range | 1-2.5 micron |
slit width | |
field of view | 32x32 pixels (11"x11" - 1.6"x1.6") |
spectral resolution | <4500 |
detector | 1024 Rockwell |
sensitivity | |
web pages | ESO |
papers | |
status | Sept 2002 |
people | MPE-Garching, ESO |
SMIRFS |
type | lenses |
telescope | UKIRT (CGS4) |
wv range | 1-2.5 micron |
lens scale | 0.63" |
number of lenses | 72 |
field of view | 6"x4" |
spectral resolution | 300-6000 |
detector | 256x256 InSb |
sensitivity | |
web pages | Durham instrumentation group |
papers | Haynes et al, to be published in PASP, astro-ph/9909017 |
status | commissioned June 1997 |
people | Durham |
software | James Turner (Durham) has some, but instrument makes reduction difficult |
UIST - slicer |
type | slicer |
telescope | UKIRT (UIST spectrograph) |
wv range | 1-5 micron |
slit width | 0.24 |
field of view | 29 arcsec2 |
spectral resolution | |
detector | ALADDIN 1024x1024 InSb |
sensitivity | |
web pages | Durham, Edinburgh |
papers | |
status | delivery April 2001 (UIST), IFU detailed design complete |
people | Durham for IFU, Edinburgh for spectrograph |
FLAMES - GIRAFFE |
type | lenses |
telescope | VLT - UT2 |
wv range | 3700-9000 A |
lens scale | IFU is 0.52"/lens, ARGUS is 0.52"/lens or 0.27"/lens |
number of lenses | 2 IFU each with 20 fibres, or one with 300 fibres (ARGUS mode) |
field of view | each IFU is 2.1"x3.1", ARGUS mode is 11.5"x7.3" or 5.3"x3.7" |
spectral resolution | 7500-25000 |
detector | 2x4K EEV CCDs |
sensitivity | |
web pages | ESO, Paris-Meudon |
papers | |
status | end 2001 |
people | Paris-Meudon (F.Hammer), Geneva (A.Blecha) |
software | |
FMOS |
type | lenses |
telescope | Subaru |
wv range | optical |
lens scale | |
number of lenses | |
field of view | |
spectral resolution | |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | |
papers | |
status | |
people | |
software | |
GMOS |
type | lenses |
telescope | Gemini |
wv range | 3600-11000 A |
lens scale | 0.2 |
number of lenses | 1000 (object) 500 (background) |
field of view | 5"x7" (object) 5"x3.5" (background) |
spectral resolution | 670-4400 |
detector | 3x2048x4608 |
sensitivity | |
web pages | Gemini pages |
papers | |
status | shipping December 2000, available 2001B |
people | ATC, Durham, Canada |
software | |
INTEGRAL |
type | lenses |
telescope | WHT (with WYFFOS spectrograph) |
wv range | optical |
lens scale | 0.7" (bundle1), 1.4" (bundle2), 4.0" (bundle3) |
number of lenses | 205 (bundle1), 219 (bundle2), 135 (bundle3) |
field of view | 7.8"x6.4" (bundle1), 16"x12.3" (bundle2), 33.6"x29.4" (bundle3) |
spectral resolution | 550-2200 (bundle1), 455-2000 (bundle2), 225-967 (bundle3) |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | ING |
papers | |
status | available on WHT |
people | IAC-ING |
software | basic data reduction available, based on IRAF |
MPFS |
type | lenses |
telescope | SAO 6m (Russia) |
wv range | 3600-9600 A |
lens scale | 0.5 x 0.5", 0.75 x 0.75", 1x1" |
number of lenses | 16x16 |
field of view | 8x8", 12x12", 16x16" |
spectral resolution | 1.35-5 A/pix |
detector | CCD 1024x1024 |
sensitivity | |
web pages | SAO |
papers | |
status | available |
people | |
software | |
OASIS |
type | lenses |
telescope | CFHT |
wv range | 4500-10000 A |
lens scale | 0.04,0.11,0.16,0.27,0.3,0.41 |
number of lenses | |
field of view | 1.6x1.2 - 11x9 |
spectral resolution | 1000-2000 |
detector | Loral |
sensitivity | |
web pages | CFHT OASIS information, the same page at Lyon |
papers | |
status | available on CFHT |
people | Pierre Martin - Instrument Scientist (martin@cfht.hawaii.edu) Roland Bacon - software (bacon@cumulus.univ-lyon1.fr) |
software | |
PMAS |
type | lenses |
telescope | Calar Alto, LBT |
wv range | optical |
lens scale | |
number of lenses | 16x16 |
field of view | |
spectral resolution | |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | AIP |
papers | |
status | commissioning 2001 |
people | AIP |
software | |
SAURON |
type | lenses |
telescope | WHT |
wv range | 4800-5400 A |
lens scale | 0.26, 0.94 |
number of lenses | 1520 |
field of view | 9x11, 33x41 |
spectral resolution | 1600 |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | |
papers | Miller et al, ASP conf series ?? (Imaging the Universe in 3D), p??, 2000 |
status | commissioned 1-5 Feb 1999 |
people | |
software | adapting OASIS procedure |
Spiral B |
type | lenses |
telescope | AAT |
wv range | 4800-10000 A |
lens scale | 0.7" |
number of lenses | 512 |
field of view | 22"x11" |
spectral resolution | 1150-11000 (all at 5000A) |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | AAO |
papers | |
status | commissioned March 2000, available as expert user instrument |
people | David Lee, AAO |
software | |
TEIFU |
type | lenses |
telescope | WHT (with WYFFOS spectrograph and ELECTRA A/O) |
wv range | optical |
lens scale | 0.25, 0.13 |
number of lenses | 1000 |
field of view | 2x(7x3.9), 2x(3.5x1.9) |
spectral resolution | |
detector | 1024x1024 (Tek6) CCD |
sensitivity | |
web pages | Durham instrumentation group |
papers | Haynes et al, SPIE, 1998 postscript |
status | commissioned WHT June and Sept 1999, foreoptics modified during 2000 to work with new WHT AO system, NAOMI |
people | Durham |
software | imspec IRAF package in development |
VIMOS |
type | lenses |
telescope | VLT - UT3 |
wv range | 3700-10000 A |
lens scale | 0.67"/lens, 0.33"/lens |
number of lenses | 6400 |
field of view | 54"x54", 27"x27" |
spectral resolution | 180-2520 |
detector | |
sensitivity | |
web pages | Marseille |
papers | Prieto et al, SPIE, 2000 |
status | IFU completed May 2000, commissioning early 2001 |
people | Olivier Le Fevre (PI) P Vettolani (Co-PI), Paris, Marseille, OHP, Toulouse, Bologna, Milan, Naples, ESO |
software | |