Status: Spectrograph: Observatory Instrument
Status: Polarimeter: Observatory Instrument (M.
Cohen)
Red focal length: 91 inches
Blue focal length: 91 inches
Red focal length: 12 inches
Blue focal length: 9 inches
2.57 arcsec/mm at the slit
0.293 arcsec/pixel for the red camera (new LBNL CCD)
0.389 arcsec/pixel for the blue camera (CCD 23)
Red:New LBNL CCD; 4096 × 2048; 15µ pixels; Linear to 40,000 DN; Saturation 45,000 DN
Blue: CCD 23; 2048 x 4096 (in the 4096 dispersion axis; rows 575 thru 3410 are un-vignetted) ; 15µ pixels; Linear to 62,000 DN; Saturation 65,000 DN
Red: 4700Å - 11000Å
Blue:<3000Å - 7000Å
Length: 128 arcsec
Width: ½, 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 arcsec
8 slits each
15 arcsec, center-to-center
Width:
1.0 arcsec, glass (2 available)
1.5 arcsec, quartz (2 available)
Displacement ±10 mm from center
Long slit: 2 arcsec by 120 arcsec, glass
(For
use when the multislit assembly is installed.)
Linear polarization: 3200Å - 10000Å
Circular polarization: 3800Å - 8500Å
Single slit only
Maximum slit length 35 arcsec
Representative exposure:
Quasar V=18; 15 min at each of 4 position angles for 0.5% accuracy in P when smoothed to 20Å.
Data reduction (off-line): See M. Cohen for VISTA-based program.
|
Red/Blue |
|
---|---|---|
48 |
4800Å |
|
52 |
5200Å |
|
55 |
5500Å |
|
68 |
6800Å |
1st Order |
Dispersion (Å/mm) 1 |
||
---|---|---|---|
lines/mm |
Blaze (Å) |
Red Cam |
Blue Cam |
158 |
7500 |
202 I |
134 II |
1 Roman numeral refers to the order.
Contact:
P200 Instrument Support |
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