Status: Spectrograph: Observatory Instrument
Specs:(Note; under construction, Jeff Hickey March 5, 2008)
Slit 1 x 30 arcsecond slit
Wavelength coverage 1.0 - 2.4 micron
Spectral resolution 2500-2700
Sampling ~ 2.7 pixels per resolution element
Minimum integration time 4 seconds
Gain ~ 3.8 e-/DN
Saturation level ~ 28000 DN (conservatively)
Data sampling CDS, Fowler, or sample-up-the ramp.
Read Noise 10 e- (CDS), 5 e- (8 samples)
3.5 e- (16 samples)
Dark Current ~ 0.085 e-/sec
Time to background limit ~ 300 seconds