Bibcode
Garzón, F.; Castro, N.; Insausti, M.; Manjavacas, E.; Miluzzio, M.; Hammersley, P.; Cardiel, N.; Pascual, S.; González-Fernández, C.; Molgó, J.; Barreto, M.; Fernández, P.; Joven, E.; López, P.; Mato, A.; Moreno, H.; Núnez, M.; Patrón, J.; Rosich, J.; Vega, N.
Referencia bibliográfica
Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics IX, Proceedings of the XII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 18-22, 2016, in Bilbao, Spain, ISBN 978-84-606-8760-3. S. Arribas, A. Alonso-Herrero, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, A. Sánchez-Lavega, S. Pérez-Hoyos (eds.), 2017 , p. 652-659
Fecha de publicación:
3
2017
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
We report the results on the EMIR (Espectrógrafo Multiobjeto
Infra-Rojo) performances after the first two commissioning periods of
the instrument at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). EMIR is one of the
first common user instruments for the GTC, the 10 meter telescope
operating at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma, Canary
Islands, Spain). EMIR is being built by a Consortium of Spanish and
French institutes led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
(IAC). EMIR is primarily designed to be operated as a MOS in the K band,
but offers a wide range of observing modes, including imaging and
spectroscopy, both long slit and multi-object, in the wavelength range
0.9 to 2.5 μm. The development and fabrication of EMIR is funded by
GRANTECAN and the Plan Nacional de Astronomía y
Astrofísica (National Plan for Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Spain). EMIR was shipped to the GTC on May 2016 for its integration at
the Nasmyth platform. Once in the observatory, several tests were
conducted to ensure the functionality of EMIR at the telescope, in
particular that of the ECS (EMIR Control System) which has to be fully
embedded into the GCS (GTC Control System) so as to become an integral
part of it. During the commissioning, the main capabilities of EMIR and
its combined operation with the GTC are tested and the ECS are modified
to its final form. This contribution summarises the EMIR operation at
the GTC as it has been tested so far, on the first two commissioning
periods.